FILM DIRECTOR

Céline Sciamma

1978 - Today

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Céline Sciamma (French: [selin sjama]; born 12 November 1978) is a French screenwriter and film director. She wrote and directed Water Lilies (2007), Tomboy (2011), Girlhood (2014), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), and Petite Maman (2021). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Céline Sciamma has received more than 1,232,862 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Céline Sciamma is the 1,286th most popular film director (down from 1,081st in 2019), the 4,843rd most popular biography from France (down from 4,212th in 2019) and the 146th most popular French Film Director.

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  • 31

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  • 4.97

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  • 2.92

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Céline Sciamma ranks 1,286 out of 2,041. Before her are Andrew Adamson, Wesley Ruggles, Richard Eyre, Hossein Shahabi, Kjell Grede, and Ryusuke Hamaguchi. After her are Georgy Tovstonogov, Peter Hall, Owen Roizman, Rian Johnson, Nikos Koundouros, and Rafael Gil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Céline Sciamma ranks 140. Before her are Ali Karimi, Gerald Asamoah, James Corden, Daisuke Ono, Malin Åkerman, and Ryusuke Hamaguchi. After her are Bill Hader, Dennis Rommedahl, Judith Barsi, Christian Coulson, Topher Grace, and Lauren Ridloff.

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In France

Among people born in France, Céline Sciamma ranks 4,843 out of 6,770. Before her are René Bougnol (1911), Charles Gondouin (1875), André Gaboriaud (1895), Ernest Esclangon (1876), Christian Dalger (1949), and Yvon Le Roux (1960). After her are Marcel Capelle (1904), Daniel Robin (1943), Louis Bach (1883), Florence Parly (1963), Thierry Tusseau (1958), and François Asselineau (1957).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Céline Sciamma ranks 146. Before her are Gilles Grangier (1911), Cédric Klapisch (1961), Jacques Rouffio (1928), Marion Hänsel (1949), Diane Kurys (1948), and Bertrand Bonello (1968). After her are André Roosevelt (1879), Alain Jessua (1932), Jacques Baratier (1918), Catherine Corsini (1956), François Dupeyron (1950), and Pierre Morel (1964).

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Filmography

Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Director
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Sep 18o 20198.1 / 10
Tomboy
Director
A French family moves to a new neighborhood with during the summer holidays. The story follows a 10-year-old gender non-conforming child, Laure, who experiments with their gender presentation, adopting the name Mikäel.
Apr 20o 20117.3 / 10
Water Lilies
Director
Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of coming-of-age.
May 17o 20076.5 / 10