Director
Céline Sciamma
47 years · Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France · 20 films
Céline Sciamma is a French screenwriter and film director. Sciamma's work is strikingly minimalist. She is known for her transformational work with themes of gender fluidity, sexual identity among girls and women, and the female gaze. Sciamma's considers her first three feature films, Water Lilies (2007), Tomboy (2011) and Girlhood (2014) to constitute a coming-of-age trilogy. Her 2019 film, Portait of a Lady on Fire, won her the Queer Palm and Best Screenplay at 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The film was widely acclaimed and was also named the 30th greatest film of all time in the Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll. She has written screenplays for André Téchiné and Claude Barras, the latter of which won her the Best Adapted Screenplay at the 42nd César Awards. Sciamma is also an activist and a founding member of the 50/50 collective, an advocacy association that promotes gender parity, diversity, and inclusion in the film and audiovisual industry.
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Best known for
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019 · Director, Screenplay
On Kanopy
My Life as a Zucchini
2016 · Screenplay
On Kanopy
Tomboy
2011 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Petite Maman
2021 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy
Water Lilies
2007 · Caissier de McDonald's (uncredited), Director
On Criterion Channel
Paris, 13th District
2021 · Writer
On AMC+
Filmography 19
Tutti Frutti
2026 · Actor, Director
No Mercy
2026 · Self
The Balconettes
2024 · Writer
On Plex
This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet
2023 · Director, Writer
Marilyn, a woman of today
2022 · self
Paris, 13th District
2021 · Writer
On AMC+
Petite Maman
2021 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019 · Director, Screenplay
On Kanopy
With the Wind
2018 · Writer
On The Roku Channel
La Coupe Bernard Tapine
2018 · Writer, Director
Les cinéphiles
2017 · Self
My Life as a Zucchini
2016 · Screenplay
On Kanopy
Being 17
2016 · Writer
On Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
Girlhood
2014 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy
Mademoiselle
2014 · Fille boîte
Tomboy
2011 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Ivory Tower
2010 · Writer
Pauline
2009 · Director
Water Lilies
2007 · Caissier de McDonald's (uncredited), Director
On Criterion Channel