Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky (French: [lvɔfski]; born 14 December 1964) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress.[1]
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Born | Paris, France | 14 December 1964
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, actress |
Years active | 1986–present |
Life and career
Lvovsky studied cinema at La Fémis in Paris, notably a contemporary of Arnaud Desplechin, with whom she often collaborates. Her first two films cast Emmanuelle Devos, who was then at the beginning of her career.
She is the actress with most nominations for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, with 6 nominations : in 2002 for My Wife Is an Actress, in 2006 for Backstage, in 2008 for Actrices, in 2010 for The French Kissers, in 2012 for House of Pleasures and in 2016 for Summertime. Her film Sentiments was nominated for the César Award for Best Film in 2004.
Her film Camille redouble was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival[2][3] where it won the Prix SACD.[4]
She was named as one of the jury members for the Cinéfondation and short film sections of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[5]
Filmography
As actress
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | My Wife Is an Actress | Nathalie | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
2002 | If I Were a Rich Man | Claire | |
2003 | France Boutique | Monique | |
2004 | Kings and Queen | Elizabeth | |
Illustre inconnue | The sister | Short | |
2005 | Backstage | Juliette | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
L'Un reste, l'autre part | Nicole | ||
2006 | L'École pour tous | Krikorian | |
Le Grand Appartement | Charlotte Falingard | ||
2007 | Actrices | Nathalie | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
2008 | A Simple Heart | Marion Laine | |
L'Endroit idéal | Rita | Short | |
2009 | The French Kissers | Hervé's mother | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
Coco | Brigitte | ||
Unlikely Roommates | TV Movie | ||
2010 | Copacabana | Suzanne | |
Les Mains libres | Rita | ||
Bus Palladium | The psy | ||
Ensemble, nous allons vivre une très, très grande histoire d'amour... | Madame Adélaïde | ||
La Collection pique sa crise | Chantal | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
2011 | House of Tolerance | Marie-France | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
17 Girls | The nurse | ||
Guilty | Edith Marécaux | ||
Skylab | Aunt Monique | ||
Bouquet final | The owner | TV Movie | |
In the Spirit Of | Noémie Lvovsky | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
2012 | Camille Rewinds | Camille Vaillant | Also director Nominated - César Award for Best Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Actress |
Farewell, My Queen | Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan | ||
Granny's Funeral | The cryer | ||
Coming Home | Sabine Faroult | ||
2013 | Chez nous c'est trois! | Jeanne Millet | |
2014 | My Old Lady | Dr. Florence Horowitz | |
Jacky in Women's Kingdom | Tata | ||
Fool Circle | Rebecca | ||
Weekends in Normandy | Sylvette | ||
Les Jours venus | The producer | ||
Tiens-toi droite | Sam | ||
2015 | Summertime | Monique Benchiessa | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
The Sweet Escape | Madame Pirchtate | ||
Ainsi soient-ils | Jeanne Valadon | TV Series (7 Episodes) | |
2016 | Chocolat | Yvonne Delvaux | |
Rosalie Blum | Rosalie Blum | ||
Willy 1er | Catherine | ||
2017 | Based on a True Story | The inspector | |
Demain et tous les autres jours | Madame Zasinger | Also director | |
Paris etc | Madeleine Zand | TV Series (5 Episodes) | |
2018 | Un peuple et son roi | Solange | |
Nox | Elisabeth Sereny | TV Mini-Series | |
Les Impatientes | Maude Girard | TV Mini-Series | |
2019 | Invisibles | Hélène | |
The Summer House | Nathalie | Also writer | |
Deux fils | Magalie | ||
Play | Anthony Marciano | ||
As filmmaker
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
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Director | Screenwriter | |||
1986 | La Belle | Yes | Short film | |
1987 | Une visite | Yes | Short film | |
1989 | Dis-moi oui, dis-moi non | Yes | Yes | Short film Munich International Festival of Film Schools - Jury Award Brest European Short Film Festival - Grand Prix |
1990 | Embrasse-moi | Yes | Yes | Short film |
1992 | The Sentinel | Yes | Also as casting director | |
1994 | Oublie-moi | Yes | Yes | Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Best Screenplay |
1996 | The Phantom Heart | Yes | ||
1996 | Clubbed to Death (Lola) | Yes | ||
1997 | Les Années Lycée: Petites | Yes | Yes | Telefilm |
1999 | Life Doesn't Scare Me | Yes | Yes | Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Best Director Cannes Film Festival - France Culture Award (French Cineaste of the Year) Locarno International Film Festival - Silver Leopard (Young Cinema) Locarno International Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Locarno International Film Festival - Youth Jury Award Prix Jean Vigo |
2003 | It's Easier for a Camel... | Yes | ||
2003 | Feelings | Yes | Yes | Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—60th Venice International Film Festival - Golden Lion |
2007 | Actrices | Yes | ||
2007 | Let's Dance | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | Camille Rewinds | Yes | Yes | Cannes Film Festival - Directors' Fortnight - SACD Prize Locarno International Film Festival - Variety Piazza Grande Award Lumieres Award - Special Award Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—Hawaii International Film Festival - Best Film Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Film Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Director Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Screenplay |
2013 | A Castle in Italy | Yes | ||
2015 | Les Trois Sœurs | Yes | Telefilm | |
2016 | Demain et tous les autres jours | Yes | Yes | |
2018 | Les Estivants | Yes |
References
- Tarr, Carrie; Rollet, Brigitte (2001-11-01). Cinema and the second sex: women's filmmaking in France in the 1980s and 1990s. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 34–, 68–. ISBN 978-0-8264-4742-5. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- Leffler, Rebecca. "Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry's 'The We & The I' to Open Director's Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
- "2012 Selection". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Directors' Fortnight. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
- Ford, Rebecca (2012-05-25). "Cannes 2012: 'No' Takes Top Prize at Directors' Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- "Abbas Kiarostami to preside over jury at Cannes film festival". PressTV. Retrieved 13 March 2014.