Sylvie Verheyde

Sylvie Verheyde
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, actress

Sylvie Verheyde (born 1967) is a French film director, actress, and screenwriter.

Career

The films Verheyde has directed include Un frère (1997), in which Emma de Caunes won a César Award for Most Promising Actress,[1] Princesses (2000), Amour de Femme (2001), Stella (2008) and Confession of a Child of the Century (2011), starring Pete Doherty, which was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival,[2] Sex Doll (2016; she also wrote the screenplay for this film),[3] and directed Madame Claude (2021).[4]

With Sylvie Ohayon, she co-wrote the screenplay of the 2021 film Haute Couture.[5]

The movies Stella (2008) and Stella In Love (2022) are both references to Verheyde's childhood.[6] Sex Doll (2016) and Madame Claude (2021) are both movies about prostitution, again a topic close to Verheyde as her grandmother and one of her cousin were prostitutes.[7]

Filmography

Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Screenwriter
1991 Entre chiens et loups Yes Yes Short
1992 La maison verte Yes Yes Short
1997 Un frère... Yes Yes
2000 Princesses Yes Yes
2001 Un amour de femme Yes Yes TV movie
2007 Scorpion Yes
Sang froid Yes Yes TV movie
2008 Stella Yes Yes
2012 Confession of a Child of the Century Yes Yes
2013 Lescop, la nuit américaine Yes Yes
2014 Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone Yes
2016 Sex Doll Yes Yes
2021 Ibrahim Yes
Haute couture Yes
Madame Claude Yes Yes
2022 Stella est amoureuse Yes Yes
2024 Nudes Yes TV mini-series

Awards

  • Best Director for Sang froid at Television Festival of La Rochelle, 2007
  • Lina Mangiacapre Award and Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award, at the 65th Venice International Film Festival, for Stella

See also

References

  1. ^ Eddie Dyja, ed., BFI film and television handbook (British Film Institute, 1999), p. 76
  2. ^ Catherine Shoard, Cannes 2012: Confession of a Child of the Century at theguardian.com
  3. ^ Abbey Bender (9 February 2017). "Sylvie Verheyde's 'Sex Doll' Is a Sex-Work Drama Minus the Male Gaze". Villagevoice.com. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  4. ^ 'Madame Claude' Summary & Analysis - A Woman's Struggle For Power In A Man's World, Digital Mafia Talkies, 4 April 2021, accessed 17 September 2021
  5. ^ Tracey Korsten (12 June 2022). "Film Review: Haute Couture". Glamadelaide.com. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. ^ Mariana Hristova (11 August 2022). "Sylvie Verheyde • Director of Stella in Love". Cineuropa.org. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  7. ^ "'Madame Claude': gritty Netflix take on Paris sex icon". France24.com. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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