Yolande Zauberman facts for kids

Yolande Zauberman (French pronunciation: [jɔlɑ̃d zobɛʁmɑ̃]) is a French film director and screenwriter.

Career

She made her debut in cinema working alongside Amos Gitai. In 1987 she directed her first documentary Classified People, dealing with apartheid in South Africa, which won the Paris Film Festival Grand Prize. Her second documentary, Criminal Caste (1989), was shot in India, and selected at the Cannes Film Festival.

Three years later, she directed her first feature film, Me Ivan, You Abraham, winning the Youth Award at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, and the Golden St. George at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. Then followed her two films Clubbed to Death (1996) and The War in Paris (2001) starring Elodie Bouchez, which were both distributed throughout the world.

She also authored the original ideas for the films Tanguy (2001) and Agathe Cléry (2008) for director Etienne Chatillez and conducted a series of photo shoots for SPOON magazine and monthly Le Monde diplomatique. She continued her creative research with CATMASK, a cat mask mounted camera, leading her to work with artists and dancers.

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In 2020, she received the César Award for Best Documentary Film for M.

Filmography

• Classified People (1988)
• Caste criminelle (1990)
• Me Ivan, You Abraham (1993)
• Clubbed to Death (Lola) (1996)
• The War in Paris (2002)
• Paradise Now (2004)
• M (2018)
• The Belle from Gaza (2024)

See also

• List of female film and television directors