Julie Bertuccelli facts for kids
Julie Mathilde Charlotte Claire Bertuccelli is a French film director. She was born on February 12, 1968, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. She is well-known for her documentary film La Cour de Babel (released in 2014) and her feature film L'Arbre (released in 2010).
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About Julie Bertuccelli
Early Career and Documentaries
After finishing her studies, Julie Bertuccelli worked for ten years as an assistant director. She helped make many feature films, TV movies, and short films. She worked with famous directors like Otar Iosseliani, Rithy Panh, and Krzysztof Kieślowski.
In 1993, she learned about making documentaries. After that, she directed fifteen documentaries for TV channels like Arte, France 3, and France 5. Some of these include Une liberté!, La Fabrique des Judges, and Welcome to the department store.
Award-Winning Films
Her first feature film, Depuis qu'Otar est parti…, won many awards. It received twenty prizes in France and other countries. These awards included the Grand Prize at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week. It also won the César for Best First Work in 2004.
L'Arbre was her second feature film. It was nominated for three César awards.
Her documentary La Cour de Babel was released in theaters in March 2014. It was chosen for several film festivals around the world. These included festivals in New York, Rome, and Tokyo.
Her documentary Dernières nouvelles du cosmos (released in November 2016) also won awards. It received the Audience Award at a film festival in Montreuil. It also won the FIFA Grand Prix in Montreal in 2018.
Her most recent feature film is Claire Darling. It stars famous actresses Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni. The film was released in French theaters in February 2019. It had about 85,000 viewers in France.
Leadership Roles
Julie Bertuccelli has also held important leadership positions in the film industry. Since June 2017, she has been the head of Scam. She was the first woman to be elected to this position in 2013. She also helped create the new Cinematheque of the documentary. With Scam, she also started the Eye of 'Or award, which is a Documentary Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, in 2015. In 2016, she was a co-chair of the Civil Society of Producers' Authors Producers (ARP) with Michel Hazanavicius.
Julie Bertuccelli is the daughter of director Jean-Louis Bertuccelli. She is also the widow of cinematographer Christophe Pollock.
Filmography
Director
Documentaries
- 1993: Un métier comme un autre
- 1994: Une liberté !
- 1995: Un dimanche en champagne
- 1995: Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame
- 1996: Trait d'union
- 1996: Saint-Denis, les couleurs de la ville
- 1997: La Fabrique des juges
- 1999: Bienvenue au grand magasin
- 2000: Les Îles éoliennes (part of the Voyages, Voyages collection)
- 2006: Un monde en fusion
- 2006: Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur (part of the Cinéastes de notre temps collection)
- 2007: Stage Les chantiers nomades: l'acteur concret au cinéma, autour des objets
- 2008: Le Mystère Glasberg
- 2008: Antoinette Fouque, qu'est-ce qu'une femme (part of the Empreintes collection)
- 2014: La Cour de Babel
- 2016: Dernières nouvelles du cosmos
Feature Films
- 2003: Depuis qu'Otar est parti…
- 2010: L'Arbre
- 2018: Claire Darling
Scriptwriter
- 2002: Depuis qu'Otar est parti…
- 2010: L'Arbre
- 2018: Claire Darling
Assistant Director
- 1988–1990: Divers série: Salut les homards, Les six compagnons, Souris noire by Pierre Étaix
- 1990: Aujourd'hui peut-être by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
- 1990: Kaminsky, un flic à Moscou by Stéphane Kurc
- 1991: Promenades d'été by René Féret
- 1991: La Chasse aux papillons by Otar Iosseliani
- 1992: Precheur en eau trouble by Georges Lautner
- 1992: Trois couleurs: Bleu by Krzysztof Kieślowski
- 1992: Trois couleurs: Blanc by Krzysztof Kieślowski
- 1993: Les Dessous du Moulin Rouge by Nils Tavernier
- 1994: Le Clandestin by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
- 1994: Madame Jacques sur la Croisette by Emmanuel Finkiel
- 1995: The Bait (L'Appât) by Bertrand Tavernier
- 1995: Le Bel Été 1914 by Christian de Chalonge
- 1996: Brigands, chapitre VII by Otar Iosseliani
- 1997: Un soir après la guerre by Rithy Panh
See also
In Spanish: Julie Bertuccelli para niños
