Céline Sciamma

Céline Sciamma

1978-11-12 Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France 21 Credits

Biography

Céline Sciamma is a French screenwriter and film director. Sciamma's work is strikingly minimalist, partly the legacy of her mentor, Xavier Beauvois, who advised her while she was a student at the major French film school, La Fémis.

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The Balconettes

The Balconettes

2024

Writer

6.6
Writing

As a heat wave brings a Marseille neighbourhood to the boil, three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbours from their balcony. Unt...

This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet

This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet

2023

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

The last day of Patrizia Cavalli’s home. Before it’s all gone.

Paris, 13th District

Paris, 13th District

2021

Scenario Writer

6.9
Writing

Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy – They're friends, sometimes lovers and often both.

Petite Maman

Petite Maman

2021

Costume Designer, Director, Writer

7.1
Directing Writing

After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a strangely familiar girl her own age in the woods. Instantly forming a connect...

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2019

Director, Screenplay

8.1
Directing Writing

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

With the Wind

With the Wind

2018

Writer

5.9
Writing

An isolated farm in a remote part of the Jura region: this is where Pauline and Alex are living in complete self-sufficient harmony with nature. Their...

La Coupe Bernard Tapine

La Coupe Bernard Tapine

2018

Writer, Director, Director of Photography

Writing Directing

A football team wins La Coupe Bernard Tapine. A story told via two minute montage.

Les cinéphiles

Les cinéphiles

2017

as Self

1.0
Acting
My Life as a Zucchini

My Life as a Zucchini

2016

Screenplay

7.8
Writing

After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orpha...

Being 17

Being 17

2016

Writer

6.8
Writing

Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is...

Young Tiger

Young Tiger

2015

Script Consultant

6.4

Bébé Tigre is Many, a 17-year-old Indian boy who has been living in France for two years. A teenager like any other, he divides his time between schoo...

Girlhood

Girlhood

2014

Costume Designer, Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of th...

Mademoiselle

Mademoiselle

2014

as Fille boîte

Acting

“I can’t remember the last time a guy got vulgar with me. When was the last time a guy did that thing… you know, with his lips, like damn girl, you’re...

Bird People

Bird People

2014

Script Consultant

5.9

An overstressed American businessman and a French chambermaid make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.

Cinéast(e)s

2013

as Self

Acting

Is there such a thing as strictly feminine cinema? Is it more difficult for a woman than for a man to direct a film? Is gender parity necessary in the...

Tomboy

Tomboy

2011

Director, Writer

7.3
Directing Writing

A French family moves to a new neighborhood with during the summer holidays. The story follows a 10-year-old gender non-conforming child, Laure, who e...

Ivory Tower

Ivory Tower

2010

Writer

6.4
Writing

The film revolves around a sibling rivalry between two brothers, Hershell and Thadeus Graves (played by Gonzales and Tiga, respectively), as they comp...

Pauline

Pauline

2009

Director

6.1
Directing

A young woman chronicles her childhood of neglect and isolation.

Water Lilies

Water Lilies

2007

as Caissier de McDonald's (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for ...

Water Lilies

Water Lilies

2007

Screenplay, Director

6.6
Writing Directing

Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for ...

Brume

Brume

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

Brume, a feisty 7-year-old girl, dreams of becoming a powerful witch. When a thick fog envelops her village, she sets out, accompanied by her best fri...