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.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Balconettes
2024
Writer
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
2023
Director, Writer
The last day of Patrizia Cavalli’s home. Before it’s all gone.
Paris, 13th District
2021
Scenario Writer
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
2021
Costume Designer, Director, Writer
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
2019
Director, Screenplay
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
2018
Writer
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
2018
Writer, Director, Director of Photography
A football team wins La Coupe Bernard Tapine. A story told via two minute montage.
Les cinéphiles
2017
as Self
My Life as a Zucchini
2016
Screenplay
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
2016
Writer
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
2015
Script Consultant
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
2014
Costume Designer, Director, Writer
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
2014
as Fille boîte
“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
2014
Script Consultant
An overstressed American businessman and a French chambermaid make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.
Cinéast(e)s
2013
as Self
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
2011
Director, Writer
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
2010
Writer
The film revolves around a sibling rivalry between two brothers, Hershell and Thadeus Graves (played by Gonzales and Tiga, respectively), as they comp...
Pauline
2009
Director
A young woman chronicles her childhood of neglect and isolation.
Water Lilies
2007
as Caissier de McDonald's (uncredited)
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
2007
Screenplay, Director
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
N/A
Screenplay
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...