Claire Simon

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Claire Simon is a French screenwriter, actress, cinematographer, editor, and director.

Early life and education

Simon was born in Britain and raised in southern France. She grew up in a family of writers and painters.[1]

She took courses in anthropology and studied Arabic and Berber.[2]

Career

Simon first worked in the film world when she did an internship to work as an editor at the Algiers Cinematheque.[2]

In the 1980s, she started to make narrative shorts. She received a scholarship to attend a prestigious documentary workshop led by

cinéma-vérité.[1]

Distinctions

Selections

Three of her films have been selected for the

Quinzaine des réalisateurs, an independent section held in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival: Sinon oui in 1997, Ça brûle in 2006, and Les Bureaux de Dieu in 2008.[3]

The film

Festival international du film francophone de Namur in October 2013. There Gare du Nord was presented in official competition.[4]

In 2013, a retrospective was dedicated to Simonr at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. The feature films Sinon, oui, Les Bureaux de Dieu, Ça brûle and Gare du Nord were shown.[5] Another retrospective of her works was hosted by the 11th Play-Doc festival in Tui, Galicia.[6]

Our Bodies was selected for the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.[7]

Awards

She was made an

Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on January 16, 2014.[8]

Political views

In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Simon signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.[9][10][11]

Filmography

Director

Short films

  • 1976: Madeleine
  • 1980: Tandis que j’agonise
  • 1981: Moi, non ou l'argent de Patricia
  • 1982: Mon cher Simon
  • 1983: Une journée de vacances
  • 1984: Barres Barres
  • 1988: La Police
  • 1991: Scènes de ménage
  • 1992: Artiste Peintre

Feature films

Documentaries

Documentary series

  • 2019: Le Village (20 episodes)

Screenwriter

  • Sinon, oui, 1997
  • Ça, c'est vraiment toi, (téléfilm) 1999
  • Ça brûle, 2006
  • Les Bureaux de Dieu, 2008

Director of photography

  • Récréations (MM), 1992
  • 800 km de différence/Romance (DOC), 2000
  • Mimi (DOC), 2002
  • Les Bureaux de Dieu, 2008

Editor

References

  1. ^ a b Loayza, Beatrice (August 3, 2023). "A New Subject for a Veteran Documentary Maker: Herself" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ a b "Claire Simon : "Un cinéma libre, curieux du monde entier"". France Culture. September 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Fiche de Claire Simon sur le site de La Quinzaine des réalisateurs". Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  4. ^ "FIFF - Gare du Nord". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  5. ^ "54th Thessaloniki International Film Festival: the Festival of Jim Jarmusch". filmiconjournal.com.
  6. ^ González, David (2015-04-22). "Play-Doc: Documentaries on the borderline". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  7. ^ Rapold, Nicolas. "On the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival". www.artforum.com.
  8. ^ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2014
  9. ^ "Gaza : des cinéastes du monde entier demandent un cessez-le-feu immédiat". Libération (in French). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  10. ^ Newman, Nick (29 December 2023). "Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza". The Film Stage. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Directors of cinema sign petition for immediate ceasefire". The Jerusalem Post. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  12. ^ "'The Competition' Review: Vying for a Slot in an Elite Film School (Published 2019)". 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
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