Vanessa Filho (born 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter.

Early life

Filho was born in 1980. Her father was a commercial director and her mother was a literature teacher. She became fascinated with cinema at the age of 13 when she watched Krzysztof Kieślowski's '' Three Colours: Blue'' (1993).

Career

In 2001, Filho directed her first medium-length film, . She later directed several music videos and launched her own musical career as part of the female duo Smoking Smoking. Her feature directorial debut, '' Angel Face'', starring Marion Cotillard, premiered at the

2018 Cannes Film Festival The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as President of the Jury. The Japanese film ''Shoplifters'', directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or. Asghar Farhadi's psycho ...

in the Un Certain Regard section. Filho's second feature film, '' Consent'', based on

Vanessa Springora Vanessa Springora (born 16 March 1972) is a French publisher, writer and film director. She is the author of the memoir ''Consent'', describing sexual abuse she experienced beginning at age 14 from author Gabriel Matzneff, then 49. The book becam ...

's #MeToo bestseller , was released in 2023 and became a box office hit in France, and Filho was nominated for the

2024 César Awards 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

for Best Adaptation. On 23 August 2022, it was announced that Filho will direct the English and French-language period thriller ''Trespassers'', starring Vanessa Paradis and Nina Hoss.

Filmography

Accolades

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Filho, Vanessa 1980 births Living people French film directors French-language film directors French women film directors French women screenwriters 21st-century French screenwriters