Céline Sciamma

Céline Sciamma ( born December 11, 1978 in Pontoise ) is a French screenwriter and film director.

Life

Sciamma grew up in a suburb of Paris. She graduated from the French literature at the University of Paris- Nanterre. She then studied 2001-2005 at the film school La fémis with specialization in the script. 2004 and 2006, she wrote screenplays for two short films by Jean -Baptiste de Laubier aka Para One.

2007 Sciamma debuted as a director with the movie Water Lilies ( Naissance original title of pieuvres ), which premiered at Cannes and achieved international success. Her second feature film length, Tomboy, opened the Panorama section of the Berlinale 2011.

Filmography

Direction

• 2007: Water Lilies ( Naissance of pieuvres )
• 2009: Pauline (Short Film )
• 2011: Tomboy

Screenplay

• 2004: Les Premieres Communions (short film, directed by Jean -Baptiste de Laubier )
• 2006: Cache ta joie, (short film, directed by Jean -Baptiste de Laubier )
• 2007: Water Lilies ( Naissance of pieuvres )
• 2010: Ivory Tower (directed by Adam Traynor )
• 2011: Tomboy