Sébastien Lifshitz
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Sébastien Lifshitz (born January 21, 1968) is a French screenwriter and director. He teaches at La Fémis, a school that focuses on the subject of image and sound. He studied at the École du Louvre, and has a bachelor's degree from the University of Paris in history of art.
Lifshitz's work involves gay and queer themes. His 2004 film (Wild Side) involves several narratives, some told forward and some backward, about a transexual prostitute and her relationships with two men.
[edit] Filmography
- Il faut que je l'aime, 1994, screenplay and director
- Claire Denis la vagabonde, documentary, 1996
- Les Corps ouverts, 1997, screenplay, director and actor
- Les Terres froides, television film, as part of the Gauche-Droite (Left-Right) series for the Franco-German channel Arte, 1999, réalisation, screenplay, director and actor
- Presque rien, 2000, screenplay and director
- La Traversée, documentary, 2001, director
- Wild Side, 2004, screenplay and director (Teddy Award for best feature film), 2004