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Claire Denis

Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn April 21, 1946 (79 years)
Claire Denis (born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film Beau Travail (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s and of all time. Other acclaimed works include Trouble Every Day (2001), 35 Shots of Rum (2008), White Material (2009), High Life (2018) and Both Sides of the Blade (2022), the last of which won her the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival. For her film Stars at Noon (2022), Denis competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. She won the Grand Prix, sharing the award with Lukas Dhont's film Close.

Her work has dealt with themes of colonial and post-colonial West Africa, as well as issues in modern France, and continues to influence European cinematic identity.

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Known For

  • Paris, Texas
  • High Life
  • Wings of Desire
  • Beau Travail
  • Down by Law
  • Let the Sunshine In
  • Trouble Every Day
  • White Material
  • The Sacrifice
  • Stars at Noon
  • Chocolat
  • 35 Shots of Rum
  • Bastards
  • Sweet Movie
  • Both Sides of the Blade
  • The Old Gun
  • The Intruder
  • Friday Night
  • Nénette and Boni
  • No Fear, No Die
  • I Can't Sleep
  • The Passerby
  • Hanna K.
  • The Secret

Filmography

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