Marina de Van
Marina de Van Nives ( born August 2, 1971 in Boulogne- Billancourt, France ) is a French director, screenwriter and actress.
Life
Marina de Van, daughter of a musicologist and a lawyer, the Lycée Henri IV visited in Paris and then completed a degree in philosophy at the Sorbonne. De Van, who wanted to be a sculptor, began in 1993 at the film school La fémis a degree in directing, which she completed in 1996. For the short film Bien sous tous rapports, they realized in 1996 at the Fémis, she received including the Jury Prize at the Festival of Film Schools in Munich and the Critics' Prize at the Short Film Festival of Clermont -Ferrand. She then worked several times together with François Ozon, whom she had met at the Fémis. Under his direction she came in François Ozon's short films ( Regarde la mer, 1997) and sitcom ( 1998) as Actress for use. For the Drama Under the Sand ( Sous le sable, 2000) and the star-studded crime comedy 8 Women (8 femmes, 2002), she wrote the screenplay with ozone, respectively. Your work on 8 women brought her ever nominated for the Chlotrudis Award and a César.
With In My Skin ( Dans ma peau, 2002), a slasher - drama about a woman who mutilates himself, gave Van de her feature film debut, for which they came into existence as a director, screenwriter and actress. There were other short films, such as The Walk ( La Promenade, 2007), which was nominated for the César. For the thriller Do not Look Back - Shadows of the Past (Ne te retourne pas, 2009) about a woman who turns into another, she won two international stars as leading ladies with Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci. The film premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival out of competition.
Her brother Adrien de Van has worked as an actor and as such came several times in the films his sister to use, so even in the dark in the forest (Le Petit poucet, 2011), de Vans adaptation of Charles Perrault's fairy tale Tom Thumb.