Léa Fehner (born 15 October 1981) is a French film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

and raised in a travelling theatre family, Fehner attended classes in

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

and at the INSAS school, before pursuing an education in screenwriting at

La Fémis La Fémis (French: ''École nationale supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son''; "National Institute for Professional Image and Sound", formerly known as the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, IDHEC) is a French grande écol ...

, from which she graduated in 2006. During her studies, she had internships at the film centre in

Bamako Bamako is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2022 population of 4,227,569. It is located on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the upper and middle Niger valleys in the southwestern part of the country. Bamak ...

and in

Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...

. Between 2000 and 2007, she wrote and directed several shorts, among which ''Sauf le Silence'' was showcased at various film festivals including the

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (French: ''Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand'') is an international film festival dedicated to short films held annually in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It is the ...

and the Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival. In 2009, she made her directorial feature film debut '' Silent Voice'', starring Farida Rahouadj,

Reda Kateb Reda Kateb (; ; born 27 July 1977) is a French actor. Life and career Kateb was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, to an Algerian actor, Malek-Eddine Kateb, and a French nurse of Czech and Italian origin. He is a grandnephew of the Algerian writer ...

and Pauline Étienne. It won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 2009 and was nominated for Best First Feature Film at the

35th César Awards The 35th César Awards ceremony was presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma in Paris to honour its selection of the best films of 2009 in film, 2009 on 27 February 2010. The ceremony was chaired by Marion Cotillard, with Valér ...

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fehner, Lea 1981 births Living people French film directors French women film directors French women screenwriters French screenwriters Mass media people from Toulouse La Fémis alumni