Céline Sciamma
Céline Sciamma is a French screenwriter and film director. Sciamma's work is strikingly minimalist. She is known for her transformational work with themes of gender fluidity, sexual identity among girls and women, and the female gaze. Sciamma's considers her first three feature films, Water Lilies (2007), Tomboy (2011) and Girlhood (2014) to constitute a coming-of-age trilogy. Her 2019 film, Portait of a Lady on Fire, won her the Queer Palm and Best Screenplay at 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The film was widely acclaimed and was also named the 30th greatest film of all time in the Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll. She has written screenplays for André Téchiné and Claude Barras, the latter of which won her the Best Adapted Screenplay at the 42nd César Awards. Sciamma is also an activist and a founding member of the 50/50 collective, an advocacy association that promotes gender parity, diversity, and inclusion in the film and audiovisual industry.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1978-11-12 · Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France
Known for
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) — Director
- My Life as a Zucchini (2016) — Screenplay
- Tomboy (2011) — Director
- Petite Maman (2021) — Costume Designer
- Water Lilies (2007) — Caissier de McDonald's (uncredited)
- Paris, 13th District (2021) — Writer
- Girlhood (2014) — Costume Designer
- Being 17 (2016) — Writer
- The Balconettes (2024) — Writer
- Bird People (2014) — Script Consultant
- With the Wind (2018) — Writer
- Pauline (2009) — Director
- Young Tiger (2015) — Script Consultant
- Ivory Tower (2010) — Writer
- Marilyn, a woman of today (2022) — self
- Les cinéphiles (2017) — Self