Julie Gavras is a French film director and screenwriter. She is known for her film '' Blame It on Fidel'' (2006).

Life and career

After graduate studies in literature and law, Julie Gavras turned to cinema. Gavras started as an assistant director in Italy and France on commercials, television movies and feature films. She worked with directors as diverse as

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, Camille de Casabianca,

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and

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. She also worked with her father on his 2002 World War II drama ''

Amen. ''Amen.'' is a 2002 historical war drama film directed and co-written by Costa-Gavras. Based on the play ''The Deputy'' by Rolf Hochhuth, the film examines the political and diplomatic relationship between the Vatican and Nazi Germany during Wo ...

'', on which she served as an assistant director. In 1998, she directed a short film called ''Oh les beaux dimanches!'' produced in

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by Comic Strip. Two years later, she directed her first documentary, ''From Dawn to Night: Songs by Moroccan Women''. It was based on a play by Alain Weber mounted at the Bouffes du Nord theater in Paris during the Festival d'Automne. It was broadcast on

Arte Arte (; (), sometimes stylized in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European public service channel dedicated to culture. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, plus ...

. In 2002, her second documentary film was released theatrically in France: ''The Pirate, the Wizard, the Thief and the Children''. The film looks at a class of nine-year-olds who make a film at school. Her first fiction feature film, '' Blame It on Fidel'', premiered at the

Deauville American Film Festival The Deauville American Film Festival (french: Festival du cinéma américain de Deauville, link=no) is a yearly film festival devoted to American cinema, which has taken place since 1975 in Deauville, France. It was established by Lionel Cho ...

in 2006. It was followed by '' Late Bloomers'', a romantic comedy film starring

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and

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, which was screened at the

61st Berlin International Film Festival The 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 February 2011, with actress Isabella Rossellini as the President of the Jury. The Coen Brothers film ''True Grit'' opened the festival. 300,000 tickets were sold in total ...

Filmography

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