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Alice Winocour is a Director and Scriptwriter French born on 13 january 1976 at Paris (France)

Alice Winocour

Alice Winocour
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Nationality France
Birth 13 january 1976 (48 years) at Paris (France)

Alice Winocour, née à Paris le 13 janvier 1976, est une réalisatrice et scénariste française.

Biography

Après un parcours en droit et des études à La Fémis en département scénario, Alice Winocour réalise trois courts métrages. Le premier, Kitchen, est sélectionné en compétition officielle à Cannes en 2005 où il reçoit le prix Gras Savoy du court métrage. Avant de réaliser son premier long métrage, Alice Winocour participe à l'écriture de Home d'Ursula Meier (Semaine de la Critique, 2008) puis co-signe le scénario du film de Vladimir Perisic, Ordinary people (sorti en 2009), sélectionné à la Semaine de la critique en 2009.

En 2014, elle co-écrit avec sa réalisatrice le scénario du film Mustang, présent en 2015 à la Quinzaine des réalisateurs, et qui représente la France pour les Oscars.

Depuis 2016 elle est membre de l’Académie of Motion pictures (AMPAS).

Son premier long métrage, Augustine, qui se fonde sur les relations entre le professeur Charcot et sa patiente Augustine, a été présenté au Festival de Cannes 2012 dans le cadre de la Semaine de la critique.

Son second long métrage, Maryland, qui réunit Diane Kruger et Mathias Schoenaerts, est en compétition dans la sélection Un certain regard au Festival de Cannes 2015 et est présenté au Festival international du film de Toronto (TIFF 2015) en séance de Gala.

En 2016, elle fait partie du Jury de la Semaine de la critique lors du festival de Cannes 2016. Elle fait partie du jury de la Compétition internationale du festival international de Deauville en 2017.

En 2018, elle collabore à l'écriture du scénario de Mignonnes de Maïmouna Doucouré, qui a gagné le prix du scénario à Sundance.

Son troisième film, Proxima, qui réunit Eva Green et Matt Dillon, gagne une mention spéciale au Festival international du film de Toronto 2019 et le prix du Jury au Festival international du film de Saint-Sébastien 2019. Le film se veut ouvertement féministe, et la cinéaste s'en explique dans les colonnes de La Septième Obsession :

« Je voulais montrer une super-héroïne qui est aussi mère. On montre rarement ces deux aspects dans un même corps. Je voulais rendre hommage à ces femmes qui essaient de concilier leur rêve et leur vie privée.

Best films

Mustang (2015)
(Writer)
Ordinary People (2009)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Alice Winocour (6 films)

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Director

Proxima
Proxima (2019)

Directed by Alice Winocour
Origin France
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace
Actors Eva Green, Matt Dillon, Sandra Hüller, Grégoire Colin
Rating62% 3.1498653.1498653.1498653.1498653.149865
Sarah est une spationaute qui s'entraîne avec acharnement au Centre spatial de Cologne, unique femme au milieu des astronautes européens. Elle vit seule avec sa fille de 8 ans, Stella, qu'elle couve d'un amour inquiet, se sentant coupable de ne pas pouvoir lui consacrer plus de temps. Quand Sarah est choisie pour partir à bord d'une mission spatiale d'un an, baptisée Proxima, sa vie et celle de Stella sont bouleversées.
Disorder
Disorder (2015)
, 1h38
Directed by Alice Winocour
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Rachid Hafassa
Rating61% 3.092333.092333.092333.092333.09233
Vincent (Matthias Schoenaerts), is an ex-soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. He is hired to protect the wife of a wealthy businessman while he's out of town at their luxurious villa, Maryland, in France.
Augustine
Augustine (2012)
, 1h42
Directed by Alice Winocour
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Vincent Lindon, Olivier Rabourdin, SoKo, Chiara Mastroianni, Roxane Duran, Lise Lamétrie
Rating60% 3.0385653.0385653.0385653.0385653.038565
While serving at a dinner party kitchen maid Augustine (Soko) feels her hands going numb and then has a violent fit that leaves her paralyzed in one eye. Augustine is brought to a hospital where she attracts the attention of Jean-Martin Charcot (Vincent Lindon) after she seizures in front of him. Charcot examines her while she is naked and realizes that she has lost feeling in one side of her body. He pierces her arm with a hot needle but Augustine cannot feel it. He also discovers that despite having matured physically, Augustine has never menstruated.

Scriptwriter

Proxima
Proxima (2019)

Directed by Alice Winocour
Origin France
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace
Actors Eva Green, Matt Dillon, Sandra Hüller, Grégoire Colin
Rating62% 3.1498653.1498653.1498653.1498653.149865
Sarah est une spationaute qui s'entraîne avec acharnement au Centre spatial de Cologne, unique femme au milieu des astronautes européens. Elle vit seule avec sa fille de 8 ans, Stella, qu'elle couve d'un amour inquiet, se sentant coupable de ne pas pouvoir lui consacrer plus de temps. Quand Sarah est choisie pour partir à bord d'une mission spatiale d'un an, baptisée Proxima, sa vie et celle de Stella sont bouleversées.
Disorder
Disorder (2015)
, 1h38
Directed by Alice Winocour
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Rachid Hafassa
Rating61% 3.092333.092333.092333.092333.09233
Vincent (Matthias Schoenaerts), is an ex-soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. He is hired to protect the wife of a wealthy businessman while he's out of town at their luxurious villa, Maryland, in France.
Mustang
Mustang (2015)
, 1h37
Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Political films
Actors Ayberk Pekcan, Burak Yiğit
Roles Writer
Rating76% 3.8022853.8022853.8022853.8022853.802285
The film is set in a remote Turkish village and depicts life of five young orphaned sisters and challenges they face growing up as girls in a conservative society.
Augustine
Augustine (2012)
, 1h42
Directed by Alice Winocour
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Vincent Lindon, Olivier Rabourdin, SoKo, Chiara Mastroianni, Roxane Duran, Lise Lamétrie
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.0385653.0385653.0385653.0385653.038565
While serving at a dinner party kitchen maid Augustine (Soko) feels her hands going numb and then has a violent fit that leaves her paralyzed in one eye. Augustine is brought to a hospital where she attracts the attention of Jean-Martin Charcot (Vincent Lindon) after she seizures in front of him. Charcot examines her while she is naked and realizes that she has lost feeling in one side of her body. He pierces her arm with a hot needle but Augustine cannot feel it. He also discovers that despite having matured physically, Augustine has never menstruated.
Ordinary People, 1h20
Directed by Vladimir Perisic
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Actors Boris Isaković
Rating61% 3.094723.094723.094723.094723.09472
The film follows a hot summer day in the life of Dzoni (Relja Popović), a twenty-year-old recruit, who is sent to an abandoned farm on an unknown mission. The soldiers wait to battle unnamed terrorists, but instead, a bus full of prisoners arrives at the barracks. The commander orders the soldiers to execute the prisoners. At first, Dzoni is shocked by the cruel killings, but as more prisoners arrive, he begins to enjoy the executions.
Home
Home (2008)
, 1h33
Directed by Ursula Meier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about children, Films about families
Actors Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Gourmet, Adélaïde Leroux, Madeleine Budd, Kacey Mottet-Klein, Marc Berman
Rating68% 3.448963.448963.448963.448963.44896
Marthe (Isabelle Huppert) and Michel (Olivier Gourmet) live with their three children in a house next to an uncompleted highway. They use the deserted road as an extension to their property. For example, they have an inflatable swimming pool and the son as well as his friends use the highway to ride their bicycles. They have been living for ten years close to the highway and believe that it will not be used. One day without warning, construction workers begin to upgrade the road and the highway becomes open to traffic. Instead of leaving the house, the family continue to live there, despite the increased noise from the passing traffic. It used to be the case that the father would simply walk across the highway in order to use his car to get to work. This becomes more complicated as the highway becomes increasingly used by motorists. He and his children eventually have to use a tunnel in order to gain access to the outside world.