Rebecca Zlotowski

Rebecca Zlotowski (born 21 April 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her second feature film Grand Central, a love story exploring a three-way romance between nuclear plant workers, won the François Chalais Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Rebecca Zlotowski
Zlotowski at the 2013 Deauville American Film Festival
Born
Rebecca Myriam Clara Zlotowski

(1980-04-21) 21 April 1980
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter
Years active2006–present

Early life

Her father came to France from Poland when he was five. She has said, “Jewish people were leaving Poland because it was not a good country for us.”[2]

Zlotowski is a graduate of France’s prestigious La Fémis school. While there she befriended musician Para One who introduced her to director Céline Sciamma who would become her friend and mentor.[3]

Career

She began her career as a screenwriter. She has written screenplays for several short films. She co-wrote Teddy Lussi-Modeste’s Jimmy Riviere.[4]

Zlotowski made her directorial debut with the film Belle Épine, which premiered in the International Critics' Week section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film starred Léa Seydoux and although it wasn't a commercial success, the film won a Louis Delluc Prize for best first film and Seydoux was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress.[4]

She followed up that film with Grand Central starring Léa Seydoux and Tahar Rahim which premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.

In 2014, Zlotowski was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[5] She was the head of the jury for the Sony CineAlta Discovery Prize and the France 4 Visionary Award for the International Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[6]

She was selected to be on the jury for the Cinéfondation and short films sections of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[7]

In 2015 Zlotowski announced her next film would be Planetarium starring Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp as sisters.[8] The film screened Out of Competition at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.

Zlotowski's fourth film An Easy Girl premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section where it won the SACD Award for Best French-language Film.[9] The film starred model Zahia Dehar whom Zlotowski had met over Instagram.[10]

Filmography
Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Screenwriter
2006 Dans le rang Yes Short film
2006 Les Garçons Yes Short film
2007 Dans l'œil Yes Short film
2007 Parcours d'obstacles Yes Short film
2009 Just for Sex Yes Short film
2010 Belle Épine Yes Yes Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film
Nominated—Cannes Film Festival-Caméra d'Or
2011 Jimmy Rivière Yes
2013 Grand Central Yes Yes Cabourg Film Festival-Grand Prix
François Chalais Prize
Lumières Award-Special Jury Prize
Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Film
Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Director
2013 You and the Night Yes Scenario consultant
2015 Despite the Night Yes Co-writer
2016 Planetarium Yes Yes
2019 An Easy Girl Yes Yes
2019 Savages Yes Yes TV Mini-Series

References
  1. "Le Prix François Chalais 2013 pour "Grand Central" de Rebecca Zlotowski" [The François Chalais Prize 2013 for "Grand Central" by Rebecca Zlotowski]. culturebox (in French). 26 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. "Grand Central: Léa Seydoux and Rebecca Zlotowski interview". 10 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. Chèze, Thierry. "Planétarium: Rebecca Zlotowski et Céline Sciamma, soeurs de cinéma". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. Keslassy, Elsa (16 January 2014). "Rebecca Zlotowski: 'Many Women Filmmakers Have Emerged in France'". Variety. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres janvier 2014" [Nomination in the Order of Arts and Letters January 2014] (in French). Ministry of Culture. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  6. "Rebecca Zlotowski: President of the Jury of the Sony CineAlta Discovery Prize and the France 4 Visionary Award". Semaine de la Critique. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  7. "The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury". Cannes Film Festival. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  8. Keslassy, Elsa (12 May 2015). "Cannes: Natalie Portman to Star in French Ghost Story 'Planetarium' (EXCLUSIVE)". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  9. Hopewell, John (23 May 2019). "'An Easy Girl' Wins Cannes Directors' Fortnight French-Language Movie Prize". Variety. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  10. Richford, Rhonda. "Cannes: 'An Easy Girl' Director on Tackling Hard Questions in Sensual Coming-of-Age Drama". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
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