Eva Husson
Eva Husson (born 1977) is a French film director and screenwriter. She began her career as an actress before directing short films and music videos. In 2015, she directed her first feature film Bang Gang (a modern love story), which competed at the Toronto International Film Festival. She then directed the Palme d'Or-nominated film Girls of the Sun (2018),[1] starring Golshifteh Farahani and Emmanuelle Bercot.
Biography
Husson was born 1977 in Le Havre.[2] She is the daughter of two Spanish teachers, and the grandniece and the granddaughter of Spanish republican soldiers. The former, Ricardo Maso March, was a communist, and the latter, Albert Maso March, was an anarchist. They both helped establishing the French Resistance during World War II.
Her great-uncle Albert Maso March, also known as Alberto Vega, was an influent member of the
Husson studied at the
Career
Scouted in the street at the age of 14, she began her career in cinema as an actress, playing the role of Julie in the movie Les Romantiques, directed by Christian Zarifian in 1994. She then acted in La Révolution sexuelle n’a pas eu lieu, directed by Judith Cahen, in 1999.[4]
In 2004, she wrote and directed Hope to Die, selected at the American Film Festival of Deauville, among others.[5]
In 2013, Husson wrote and directed Those for Whom It's Always Complicated, an English-language comedy. Shot in Death Valley in five days with three actors, including her close collaborator Morgan Kibby, it awas shown in many festivals around the world and on the French/German TV channel Arte in 2014.[6]
In 2015, after six years of work, she directed her first feature film Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story), produced by French-Iranian producer Didar Domehri. It competed at the
In 2015 she discovered the existence of Kurdish women fighters who had been captured and kept as sex slaves by
In 2021, Husson directed Mothering Sunday, starring Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth and Olivia Colman.[9][10][11]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1994 | Les Romantiques | Actress (Julie) | Feature film |
1999 | La Révolution sexuelle n'a pas eu lieu | Actress (Eva) | Feature film |
2004 | Hope to Die | Writer, director, producer | Short film |
2013 | Those for Whom It's Always Complicated | Writer, director, producer, cinematographer | Short film |
2015 | Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) | Writer, director | Feature film |
2018 | Girls of the Sun | Writer, director | Feature film |
2021 | Mothering Sunday | Director | Feature film |
Awards and nominations
- 2018 Official competition Festival de Cannes- Girls of the Sun
References
- ^ Keegan, Rebecca (12 May 2018). "Preparing For Cannes's Women-Led Revolution with Director Eva Husson". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ Eva Hussoon in Voici, Retrieved on 2019-09-02.
- ^ http://alumniconnection.afi.com/news/july-2021-news/
- ^ Média, Prisma. "Eva Husson - La biographie de Eva Husson avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr.
- ^ "TIFF 2018 Women Directors: Meet Eva Husson — "Girls of the Sun"". womenandhollywood.com.
- ^ "Those for Whom It's Always Complicated (2013)". en.unifrance.org.
- ^ "Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) review – a dreamy, tender tale of young sexuality". The Guardian. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Eye For Film: Eva Husson in conversation on Girls Of The Sun (Les Filles Du Soleil) and Martha Gellhorn". www.eyeforfilm.co.uk.
- ^ King, Loren (11 November 2021). "Director Eva Husson on Capturing Grief & Trauma in "Mothering Sunday"". Motion Pictures. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ Schonberger, Rachel (20 March 2022). "Odessa Young on how Mothering Sunday director made nude scenes easier: 'She wasn't a prude'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ Kramer, Gary M. (24 March 2022). ""Mothering Sunday" director on challenging politics through intimacy: "Nudity levels out classes"". Salon. Retrieved 28 March 2022.