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Franssou Prenant
Writer

Franssou Prenant

8 Nov 1952Born
73Age
14Credits
Paris, FranceBirthplace

Biography

Franssou Prenant (born 8 November 1952 in Paris) is a French filmmaker, screenwriter, editor, actress and camera operator.

Prenant studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). In 1974, she played a young Native American woman in Marco Ferreri's Don't Touch the White Woman!. Her first short film, Paradis perdu, was released in 1975. In 1977 she served as script supervisor on Robert Bresson's The Devil, Probably.

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From 1982 onwards, she worked as an editor for Raymond Depardon, notably on Faits divers, a documentary for which she received a nomination for the César Award for Best Editing.

Her own films have been selected at numerous festivals in France and abroad, including IndieLisboa (Portugal), the Viennale (Austria), the IFFR (Netherlands), EntreVues - Festival du film de Belfort, Côté court, and Visions du Réel (Switzerland).

Her most recent film, De la conquête, was selected in 2022 at the Rencontres du cinéma documentaire de Montreuil, the États généraux du film documentaire de Lussas, and FIDMarseille.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2022About the ConquestFilm: Writer, Director
  2. 2017Bienvenue à MadagascarFilm: Director, Writer
  3. 2012I Am Too Sexy for My Body, for My Bo-odyFilm: Director
  4. 2007Le Jeu de l'oie du Professeur PoilibusFilm: Director
  5. 2005Reviens et prends-moiFilm: Director
  6. 2001Sous le ciel lumineux de son pays natalFilm: Director
  7. 2000Paris, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big WorldFilm: Myope / Lunettes, Director, Writer
  8. 1994A Letter to L...Film: L.
  9. 1987L'escale de GuinéeFilm: Director
  10. 1985Empty Quarter: A Woman in AfricaFilm
  11. 1983HabibiFilm: Director
  12. 1980Histoire d’une sculptureFilm: Director
  13. 1975Paradis PerduFilm: Director, Writer
  14. 1972Albertine ou Les Souvenirs parfumés de Marie-RoseFilm: Albertine

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