Claire Denis

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1946-04-21 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Claire Denis

Biography

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 the...

Acting

2012

Silence

as Self

1995

To Have (Or Not)

as Alice's Mother

2011

2012

Granny's Funeral

as Une femme à l'enterrement

1979

Mais où et donc Ornicar

as Jeune accouchée

2023

Room 999

as Self

2015

1993

2002

Purely Coincidental

as Self (Cameo appearance)

1999

Venus Beauty Institute

as La cliente asmathique

2020

Wim Wenders, Desperado

as Self (archive sound)

1990

Jacques Rivette, the Watchman

as Self (uncredited)

Production

2009

35 Shots of Rum

as Director

2001

1988

Chocolat

as Director

1988

Chocolat

as Writer

2000

Beau Travail

as Director

2010

White Material

as Screenplay

2010

White Material

as Director

1994

I Can't Sleep

as Director

2002

Friday Night

as Director

2005

The Intruder

as Director

1991

Against Oblivion

as Director

1994

Boom-Boom

as Director

2011

1993

2002

Vers Nancy

as Writer

1974

The Secret

as Second Assistant Director

1984

To Catch a King

as First Assistant Director

2007

2012

Leviathan

as Thanks

2016

The Dog

as Thanks

1983

Hanna K.

as First Assistant Director

2011

Here

as Thanks

1983

The Bastard

as Casting Director

2007

1975

The Old Gun

as Assistant Director

1979

Return to the Beloved

as Assistant Director

1982

The Passerby

as First Assistant Director

2010

Postcard Days

as Thanks

1975

The Golden Mass

as Second Assistant Director

1979

Zoo zéro

as First Assistant Director

1983

The Bastard

as First Assistant Director

1979

Mais où et donc Ornicar

as First Assistant Director

1980

Heads or Tails

as Assistant Director

1981

1996

Irma Vep

as Thanks

1991

-

Red Oedipal

as Thanks

1990

1990

No Fear, No Die

as Director

1997

Nenette and Boni

as Director

1994

U.S. Go Home

as Writer

1994

U.S. Go Home

as Director

2005

Towards Mathilde

as Director

2011

Aller au diable

as Director

1989

Man No Run

as Director

2013

Bastards

as Director

2013

Bastards

as Screenplay

2014

2015

Contact

as Director

1991

2009

2002

Porn Theatre

as Thanks

2018

High Life

as Director

2022

2015

2015

1986

Down by Law

as Assistant Director

1986

The Sacrifice

as Casting

1984

Paris, Texas

as Assistant Director

1995

Concerning Nice

as Director

-

The Fence

as Director

2017

-

The Fence

as Screenplay

2017

Let the Sunshine In

as Screenplay

1999

The City

as Writer

2018

High Life

as Screenplay

1987

Wings of Desire

as First Assistant Director

1974

Sweet Movie

as Second Assistant Director

2022

You Resemble Me

as Executive Producer

2009

Sweetgrass

as Thanks

2006

Jams Run Free

as Director

2006

Incinerate

as Director

2022

Le Soldat

as Director

2002

Friday Night

as Screenplay

1997

1994

I Can't Sleep

as Screenplay

2005

The Intruder

as Writer

2001

2000

Beau Travail

as Screenplay

1980

The Imprint of Giants

as Assistant Director

2002

Vers Nancy

as Director

1991

Figaro Story

as Director

1995

Nice, Very Nice

as Director

1969

May 15th.

as Director

1993

2022

Stars at Noon

as Director

2022

Stars at Noon

as Screenplay

1991

Figaro Story

as Story

1995

The Corridor

as Thanks

1976

Surreal Estate

as First Assistant Director

1995

Duo

as Director

-

The Soap Maker

as Director

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