Rebecca Zlotowski

Rebecca Zlotowski
Zlotowski at the 2013 Deauville American Film Festival
Born	Rebecca Myriam Clara Zlotowski (1980-04-21) 21 April 1980 Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2006–present

Rebecca Zlotowski (born 21 April 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her second feature film Grand Central, a love story exploring 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]

Life and career

Zlotowski is a graduate of France’s prestigious Femis school. She began her career as a screenwriter. She has written screenplays for several short films. She co-wrote Teddy Lussi-Modeste’s Jimmy Riviere.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Filmography

Director

Writer

References

External links

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• Rebecca Zlotowski at the Internet Movie Database