Noémie Lvovsky

After graduating from the Fémis, Noémie Lvovsky started as screen writer, working with Arnaud Desplechin on LA VIE DES MORTS (1991) and LA SENTINELLE (The Sentinel - 1992). In 1994, she directed her first feature film OUBLIE-MOI (Forget Me) starring Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, with whom she later cowrote the screenplays for two films IL EST PLUS FACILE POUR UN CHAMEAU (It’s Easier for a Camel - 2003) and ACTRICES (Actresses - 2007).

Her second feature film, LA VIE NE ME FAIT PAS PEUR (Life doesn’t Scare Me), received the Jean Vigo Prize in 1999. She then went on to make LES SENTIMENTS (Feelings - Louis Deluc Prize in 2003) and FAUT QUE ÇA DANSE (Let’s Dance) in 2007. Alongside her career as a director, she started acting in 2001 in Yvan Attal’s MA FEMME EST UNE ACTRICE (My Wife is an Actress).

Afterwards, she was seen in several films, such as ROIS ET REINE (Kings & Queen) by Arnaud Desplechin (2004), L’UN RESTE, L’AUTRE PART (One Stays, One leaves) by Claude Berri (2005), ACTRICES (Actresses) by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi (2007) and also LES BEAUX GOSSES (The French Kissers) by Riad Sattouf (2009). She is featured in Benoît Jacquot’s upcoming film, LES ADIEUX À LA REINE (Farewell, My Queen), 17 FILLES (17 girls) by Delphine & Muriel Coulin, PRESUME COUPABLE (Guilty) BY VINCENT GARENQ, and LE SKYLAB by Julie Delpy.

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