Valérie Donzelli
Valérie Donzelli (born March 2, 1973 in Épinal ) is a French actress , director and screenwriter .
Life
Donzelli, daughter of an employee in Épinal, grew up in Créteil and Lille . Her grandfather, an Italian, was a sculptor and painter. At 19, she went to Paris and began studying architecture, which she gave up after a short time in favor of acting at the city conservatory. She met the actor Jérémie Elkaïm and they became a couple. The relationship resulted in two children.
After minor roles in short and television films, Donzelli took on her first leading role in the cinema in Sandrine Veysset's Martha… Martha (2001). For her portrayal she was awarded the Prix Michel Simon as best actress. Numerous supporting roles followed, including 2003 in Who Killed Bambi? and In the shade of the woods . For example, she was on television in 2005 in the series Clara Sheller - In Love in Paris as Clara's best friend Jeanne.
As a director, Donzelli first made the short film Il fait beau dans la plus belle ville du monde in 2008 , before making her directorial debut in a feature film the following year with La rein des pommes . She processed the separation from her partner, in which she and Jérémie Elkaïm also played the main roles. She then shot the film drama Life Belongs to Us with Elkaïm , which was released in 2011. Again, the couple processed their own story - their son's cancer; Donzelli and Elkaïm played the parents (in the film "Roméo" and "Juliette"). Life is ours has received numerous film awards, Donzelli was nominated for four Césars , among others . She also worked with Elkaïm in her subsequent films Main dans la main and Marguerite et Julien ; they each wrote the script and Elkaïm took on a leading role.
In 2016, Valérie Donzelli was the jury president of the side series Semaine de la critique, which was held parallel to the Cannes International Film Festival .
Filmography
Actress (selection)
- 1999: Father's Empire (Les terres froides) - TV film
- 2001: Martha ... Martha
- 2001: Tender souls (Les âmes câlines)
- 2002: Before All Eyes (Sous mes yeux) (TV)
- 2003: Who Killed Bambi? (Qui a tué Bambi?)
- 2003: In the shade of the woods (Cette femme-là)
- 2003: Mystification ou L'histoire des portraits
- 2004: Le plus beau jour de ma vie
- 2005: Voici venu le temps
- 2005: Entre ses mains
- 2005: Clara Sheller - In Love with Paris (Clara Sheller) - TV series
- 2006: Seven years (7 years )
- 2006: L'intouchable
- 2006: L'homme qui rêvait d'un enfant
- 2007: Cap Nord
- 2009: La rein des fries
- 2009: The beautiful life (La belle vie) - TV film
- 2010: Ivory Tower
- 2010: Dans ta bouche
- 2010: Belleville-Tokyo
- 2011: L'art de séduire
- 2011: Life is ours (La guerre est déclarée)
- 2011: En ville
- 2011: Pourquoi tu pleures?
- 2012: Main dans la main
- 2013: opium
- 2013: Le grand méchant loup
- 2013: Big waves (Les grandes ondes)
- 2014: Saint Laurent
- 2015: Les chevaliers blancs
- 2015: Orage
- 2016: Dans la forêt
Director and screenwriter
- 2008: Il fait beau dans la plus belle ville du monde - short film
- 2009: La rein des fries
- 2010: Madeleine et le facteur - short film
- 2011: Life is ours (La guerre est déclarée)
- 2012: Main dans la main
- 2013: The game of love and chance (Que d'amour!)
- 2015: Marguerite et Julien
- 2019: Notre Dame - Love is a building site (Notre Dame)
Awards (selection)
- 2002: Prix Michel Simon for the, Acteurs à l'Écran, Best Actress for Martha… Martha
- 2009: Nomination for the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival , for La rein des pommes
- 2011: Queer Palm nomination at the Cannes International Film Festival for Life is ours
- 2011: Award at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón , Best Actress for Life is ours
- 2011: Grand Prix Asturias at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón Best film, for Life is ours
- 2012: César nomination, Best Actress for Life Belongs to Us
- 2012: César nomination, Best Original Screenplay for Life Belongs to Us
- 2012: César nomination, Best Director for Life Belongs to Us
- 2012: César nomination, Best Film for Life Belongs to Us
- 2012: Nomination for Prix Lumières , Best Actress for Life is ours
- 2012: Nomination for the Globe de Cristal, Best Film for Life Belongs to Us
- 2012: Nomination for the Globe de Cristal, Best Actress for Life is ours
- 2012: Nomination for the Golden Marc'Aurelio Award at the Rome Film Fest for Main dans la main
- 2012: Étoile d'Or , Best Screenplay for Life Is Our Own
- 2012: Grand Prix at the Festival du film de Cabourg for Life is ours
- 2015: Nomination for the Golden Palm for Marguerite et Julien
Web links
- Valérie Donzelli in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean-Marc Lalanne: Valérie Donzelli et Jérémie Elkaïm, à l'assaut de la vie . lesinrocks.com, September 3, 2011.
- ↑ Valérie Donzelli ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on cinemovies.fr
- ↑ Claudia Lenssen: “You are burning with energy” . taz.de, April 26, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Donzelli, Valérie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actress, director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2nd 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Epinal |