Léonor Serraille (born 1986) is a French screenwriter and director.

Biography

Serraille was born in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

and was a student 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 ...

. In 2013 Serraille completed her master's degree in general and comparative literature at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle University.

Career

Her first feature film '' Montparnasse Bienvenue'' was a critical success at the

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...

in 2017 and Serraille won the

Caméra d'Or The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week). The prize was created in 1978 Ca ...

for the best debut film. The film also won the prize for best French feature film at the 6th Champs-Élysées Film Festival in Paris. In 2022, Serraille directed the drama film ''

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'', the film had its world premiere at the main competition of the

2022 Cannes Film Festival The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival is a film festival that took place from 17 to 28 May 2022. French actor Vincent Lindon served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Virginie Efira hosted the opening and closing ceremon ...

Films

* '' Montparnasse Bienvenue'' (2017) * ''

'' (2022) * '' Ari'' (2025), Selected in competition of

75th Berlin International Film Festival The 75th annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, took place between 13 and 23 February 2025 in Berlin, Germany. American filmmaker Todd Haynes was named the Jury President for the main competition. It marked the f ...

and will have its world premiere in February 2025.

Sources

1986 births Living people Mass media people from Lyon French screenwriters Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 alumni Directors of Caméra d'Or winners La Fémis alumni {{France-screen-writer-stub