Yolande Zauberman () is a French film director and screenwriter.

Career

She made her debut in cinema working alongside

Amos Gitai Amos Gitai ( he, עמוס גיתאי; born 11 October 1950) is an Israeli filmmaker, who was trained as an architect. Gitai's work was presented in several major retrospectives in Pompidou Center in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and ...

. In 1987 she directed her first documentary ''Classified People'', dealing with

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, which won the

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Grand Prize. Her second documentary, ''Criminal Caste'' (1989), was shot in

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, and selected at the

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. Three years later, she directed her first feature film, '' Me Ivan, You Abraham'', winning the Youth Award at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, and the Golden St. George at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. Then followed her two films ''Clubbed to Death'' (1996) and ''The War in Paris'' (2001) starring Elodie Bouchez, which were both distributed throughout the world. She also authored the original ideas for the films '' Tanguy'' (2001) and '' Agathe Cléry'' (2008) for director Etienne Chatillez and conducted a series of photo shoots for ''SPOON magazine'' and monthly '' Le Monde diplomatique''. She continued her creative research with ''CATMASK'', a cat mask mounted camera, leading her to work with artists and dancers. In 2011, her documentary film '' Would You Have Sex with an Arab?'', produced by Yves Chanvillard and Nadim Cheikhrouha (Screenrunner), was selected at the Venice International Film Festival. Shot in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, the film is an orchestration of interviews with people who all answer the same questions posed by the author - "Would You Have Sex with an Arab?" and "Would you have sex with an Israeli Jew?". In 2020, she received the César Award for Best Documentary Film for '' M''.

Filmography

*''Classified People'' (1988) *''Caste criminelle'' (1990) *'' Me Ivan, You Abraham'' (1993) *'' Clubbed to Death (Lola)'' (1996) *''The War in Paris'' (2002) *''

Paradise Now ''Paradise Now'' ( ar, الجنّة الآن, al-Janna al-ʾāna) is a political and psychological drama film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best ...

'' (2004) *'' Would You Have Sex with an Arab?'' (2011) *'' M'' (2018)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zauberman, Yolande Living people Year of birth missing (living people) French film directors French women film directors French screenwriters French women screenwriters César Award winners

Career

Filmography

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