Rebecca Zlotowski

Rebecca Zlotowski (born 21 April 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Rebecca Zlotowski
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]

Contents
Life and career
Filmography
References
External links

Life and career

Her father came to France from Poland when he was five. She has said, “Jewish
[2]
people were leaving Poland because it was not a good country for us.” Zlotowski at the 2013 Deauville
American Film Festival
Zlotowski is a graduate of France’s prestigious Femis school. She began her career
Born Rebecca Myriam
as a screenwriter. She has written screenplays for several short films. She co-wrote
Clara Zlotowski
Teddy Lussi-Modeste’s Jimmy Riviere.[3]
21 April 1980
Zlotowski made her directorial debut with the film Belle Épine, which premiered in Paris, France
the International Critics' Week section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film Nationality French
starred Léa Seydoux and although it wasn't a commercial success, the film won a
Occupation Film director,
Louis Delluc Prize for best first film and Seydoux was nominated for a César Award
screenwriter
for Most Promising Actress.[3]
Years active 2006–present
She followed up that film with Grand Central starring Léa Seydoux and Tahar
Rahim which premiered at the2013 Cannes Film Festivalin the Un Certain Regard section.

In 2014, Zlotowski was named aChevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[4] She was the head of the jury for the Sony CineAlta
Discovery Prize and theFrance 4 Visionary Award for the International Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[5]

2015 Cannes Film Festival.[6]

She was selected to be on the jury for the Cinéfondation and short films sections of the

In 2015 Zlotowski announced her next film would bePlanetarium starring Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp as sisters.[7]

Filmography
 Credited as
Year Title Notes
Director Screenwriter
2006 Dans le rang Yes Short film
2006 Les Garçons Yes Short film
2007 Dans l'œil Yes Short film
2007 Parcours d'obstacles Yes Short film
2009 Just for Sex Yes Short film
Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film
2010 Belle Épine Yes Yes
Nominated—Cannes Film Festival-Caméra d'Or
2011 Jimmy Rivière Yes
Cabourg Film Festival-Grand Prix
François Chalais Prize
2013 Grand Central Yes Yes Lumières Award-Special Jury Prize
Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Film
Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Director
2013 You and the Night Yes Scenario consultant
2015 Despite the Night Yes Co-writer
2016 Planetarium Yes Yes
2019 An Easy Girl Yes Yes

References
1. "Le Prix François Chalais 2013 pour "Grand Central" de Rebecca Zlotowski" (http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/le-prix-f
rancois-chalais-2013-pour-grand-central-de-rebecca-zlotowski-136759) [The François Chalais Prize 2013 for "Grand
Central" by Rebecca Zlotowski].culturebox (in French). 26 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
2. "Grand Central: Léa Seydoux and Rebecca Zlotowski interview"(https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2014/03/10/
grand-central-lea-seydoux-and-rebecca-zlotowski-interview)
. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
3. Keslassy, Elsa (16 January 2014)."Rebecca Zlotowski: 'Many Women Filmmakers Have Emerged in France'" (http
s://variety.com/2014/film/international/rebecca-zlotowski-many-women-filmmakers-have-recently-emerged-in-france-
1201061109/). Variety. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
4. "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres janvier 2014"(http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisatio
n/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-d
es-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2014) [Nomination in the Order of
Arts and Letters January 2014] (in French).Ministry of Culture. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
5. "Rebecca Zlotowski: President of the Jury of the Sony CineAlta Discovery Prize and the France 4isionary
V Award"
(https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032005/http://www .semainedelacritique.com/news/Rebecca_Zlotowski_EN.ht
ml). Semaine de la Critique. Archived from the original (http://www.semainedelacritique.com/news/Rebecca_Zlotows
ki_EN.html) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
6. "The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury"(https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/infos-communiques/communique/arti
cles/the-cinefondation-and-short-films-jury-1). Cannes Film Festival. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
7. Keslassy, Elsa (12 May 2015). "Cannes: Natalie Portman to Star in French Ghost Story 'Planetarium' (EXCLUSIVE)"
(https://variety.com/2015/film/markets-festivals/natalie-portman-lily-rose-depp-planetarium-1201493381/)
. Retrieved
25 April 2018.

External links
Rebecca Zlotowski on IMDb

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