Stephanie Gillard
Stephanie Gillard | |
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Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, Editor, Writer |
Stephanie Gillard (born 1973, in
Life
Stephanie Gillard was born in Paris. After studying law, Stephanie Gillard worked as an assistant director (films à lou), then as a programming assistant (radio FG)and as an assistant producer (agat films ex nihilo).
The Ride
Filmed in winter 2011 and produced by
The Squad
"In my opinion, people are not interested in women’s football because they don't know the players. If you want to be a fan, you have to be able to identify yourself as champions. Even if they win all the titles, if you don't know the personalities, it doesn't work. With The Squad, I wanted to invite viewers to discover a female team. The idea was to enter the heart of a team, meeting outstanding professional players."
France Bleu, Emission de Radio[4]
The Squad (Les Joueuses, in French), also produced by Julie Gayet, deals with the Olympique Lyonnais women’s football team.[5][6]
The documentary is a critical success :
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Jacques Morice, in Télérama, states "The different players explain their personal history, their wish to pass on their passion to the next generations, their victories and their difficulties. But it is maybe in the way to capture the beauty and the brutality of this sport, and to capture the different contacts and movements, that Stéphanie Gillard "scores the most".
Le Bleu du Miroir comments :"Stéphanie Gillard, whose previous documentary (The Ride in 2018) we already appreciated, chose a completely different context, a different group, softly but in an ingeniously political way, without losing the same attention (with very beautiful pictures from Jean-Marc Bouzou)."
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Work and achievements
- The Squad (2020)
- The Ride (2018)
- Lames ultramarines (2016)
- Les petits princes des sables (2009)
- Une histoire de ballon (2006)
References
- ^ "Filming a Memorial Ride to the Massacre at Wounded Knee". hyperallergic.com. 2018.
- ^ "Tribeca Film Festival - A review of The Ride". theartswireweekly.com. 2016.
- ^ "Stéphanie Gillard on travelling with the Lakota in The Ride". www.eyeforfilm.co.uk. 2018.
- ^ "Stéphanie Gillard, réalisatrice du film-documentaire "Les Joueuses, #paslàpourdanser"". www.francebleu.fr. 29 September 2020.
- ^ "'The Squad': Cannes Market Review". screendaily.com. 2020.
- ^ a b "'The Squad' ('Les Joueuses'): Film Review". hollywoodreporter.com. 2020.