Catherine Belkhodja

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Catherine Belkhodja (born April 15, 1955 in Paris ) is a French actress and director of Algerian- Kabyle descent.

Life

Catherine Belkhodja is an actor in numerous French and German film and television productions, but has also worked as an author and photographer for French newspapers, including as a reporter in Asia.

From television Moi-je , Mosaïque , Envoyé Spécial , Océaniques , or the legendary program Taxi on conceptual art to architecture, journalism or philosophy, all of this is part of Catherine Belkhodja's extensive creative field. She has already appeared in the film world under the direction of Claire Devers Noir et Blanc , Guy Gilles Nuit docile , Jean-Pierre Limosin , L'autre nuit or Benoît Peeters , Le compte-rendu , takes part in the centenary of cinema and embodies it there the central figure of Silent Movie where she "kind of time travelers of the film" represents, in the words of Bill Hoorigan, "hineinprojeziert in the black and white world of silent films, to reveal its secrets." in level Five of Chris marker it is facing a unique role task: a film that is only aimed at a single interpreter.

After completing her secondary education in Algiers, she wrote her first short stories and began studying theater, music and fine arts. She took her first steps in film and decided to go to Paris to continue her studies in architecture, philosophy, urban planning and ethnology of the Maghreb.

After completing her exams in philosophy, she initially earned her living in the national education sector as well as in a variety of other occupations. With an architecture diploma in her pocket, she then specialized in the bioclimatic branch and became a city planner in the prefecture of Paris. Further solar technology research takes her to Belgium and Egypt, in order to study clay construction and earth architecture with Hassan Fathy after acquiring a post-graduate diploma (DEA) in aesthetics under the direction of Olivier Revault d'Allonnes at the Sorbonne . She published her first articles in the magazines Le Sauvage (“The Wild”), Sans frontières (“Boundless”) and wrote her first screenplay.

Extract of further activities

Back in Paris she attended the "Conservatoire de théâtre national supérieur de Paris" (the State Higher Drama School of Paris) for a while and got her first roles in film and television. She also becomes a reporter at the Gamma agency and realizes numerous topic specifications for various programs, for which she sometimes provides the comments on Moi-je Sexy folies , Océaniques , Mosaïque , Envoyé Spécial , Des racines et des ailes . Philippe Alfonsi becomes aware of her during a report and suggests that she moderate the new broadcasting magazine that he is currently setting up with Maurice Dugowson , with the simultaneous request to work on the concept. Catherine suggests a flexible interview room so as not to remain tied to a studio or to fall into routine. She dares to use a lively, unusual tone in a special, original decor, namely a taxi that moves around Paris: the Cadillac drives at night and the presenter asks her guests the questions in her car!

This automobile studio then also gives the title for the show itself: Taxi . And it will soon be a magazine that will be well received because it is characterized by this new, curious, natural and at times somewhat unabashed tone, which is just as likely to be copied in the following. The magazine, welcomed by all professionals in its guild, receives a Sept d'or ("a golden seven"). Chris Marker is also particularly impressed by this new tone and in 1997 offered her the role of journalist in Level Five . She plays it with so much natural charisma that certain viewers forgot that it was just a fiction! Then she goes to Algeria to make her first documentary film Reflet perdu du miroir (“The mirror,“ The lost mirroring of the mirror ”), the story of two little twin sisters who finally find each other after a long separation. She worked for L'autre journa ("The Other Journal") and La légende du siècle (The legend of the century ").

A stimulating and creative family life

Catherine Belkhodja is also the mother of five children who have already made a name for themselves in artistic circles:

actress

Feature films

Short films

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theatre

  • 1980: La maison de Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba) by García Lorca. Théâtre. de la Villette, production by Youssef Hamid
  • 1982: Phèdre (Phaedra) by Racine. Théâtre de l'Atopie, staged by Norbert Heinbürger
  • 1986: Le voleur d'autobus (The bus thief). Théâtre Yerma, staged by Youssef Hamid

Asia

Her particular enthusiasm for Asia leads her to travel to Japan, China, Burma, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, South Korea, the Maldives, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Makao (China) and become the co-founder of a new magazine specializing in Asia and making her a great reporter. She teaches film in Lebanon and then visits Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, after discovering Turkey and later Russia). She also works on other magazines on tourism, travel and gastronomy, while also taking care of her production and publishing house KAREDAS .

Writing activity

Catherine Belkhodja is currently concentrating her activities on the literary field and publishes her texts regularly in literary magazines such as B. Alter texto (The other text), Hakaï, Poète (poet), Carquois (quiver), Cahiers de Poésie (poetry books). She initiated the Great International Haiku Competition of Marco Polo Magazine, which honors the best haiku authors from ten countries every year and whose award ceremony takes place at a festive ceremony in the Japan House in Paris. The award ceremony for the 2nd Big Marco Polo Haiku Competition took place on November 25th at noon in the TENRI Center under the high patronage of the Japanese Embassy in Paris with sake as an aperitif and a Japanese buffet. She has also just launched the kaïseki collection in Edition Karedas, which is entirely dedicated to haiku. For the inauguration of this collection, she asked the Canadian Haijin Yves Brillon , winner of the Grand Prix, winter 2005 and the “Grand Prix Vagues” (waves) 2006 in the Great International Haiku Competition, for help. organized by Marco Polo magazine in the House of Japanese Culture in Paris. Starting in January, she is slated to start a haiku writing workshop on the website of Psychologies magazine.

Poetry publications:

  • LES CAHIERS DE POESIE 6. Laurent Felds. ISBN 2-916090-68-1
  • LES CAHIERS DE POESIE 7. Laurent Felds. ISBN 2-916090-71-1
  • REVUE ALTER TEXTO N ° 14. April 2006
  • DIX VUES SUR LE HAIKU. Fall 2007. AFH

as editor of KAREDAS éditions:

  • L'ombre du caméléon de François Roche (Architecture, distribué par l'Institut français d'architecture)
  • Correspondance anachronique de Nam et Sor (Essai)
  • Peintures de Dominique Maraval (Art plastique contemporain)
  • D'un instant à l'autre de Yves Brillon ( Haiku , collection kaiseki)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.psychologies.com/livres.cfm/livre/4477/Yves-Brillon/D-un-instant-al-autre.html
personal data
SURNAME Belkhodja, Catherine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actress and director
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris