Audrey Diwan

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| nationality = French

| occupation = {{hlist|journalist|editor|film director|screenwriter}}

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| yearsactive = 2008–present

| domesticpartner = Cédric Jimenez (–2018)

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Audrey Diwan ({{IPA|fr|odʁe diwan}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtO5WxhrGhI|title=Audrey Diwan & Cédric Jimenez|work=Yozone|date=1 April 2012|access-date=24 February 2024}} born 1980) is a French film director of Lebanese origin. Prior to becoming a film director, she worked as a journalist and a screenwriter.{{cite web|title=Audrey Diwan|url=http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/audrey-diwan-25743.php|access-date=12 September 2021|website=Evene|archive-date=12 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112150138/http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/audrey-diwan-25743.php|url-status=live}} In 2021, her film Happening won the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in a "unanimous decision."{{Cite web |last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |date=11 September 2021 |title=Venice Film Festival Awards: Golden Lion Goes to Audrey Diwan's 'Happening' (Full List) |url=https://www.indiewire.com/awards/industry/venice-film-festival-winners-2021-1234663899/ |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}

Career

Before filmmaking, Diwan was a junior editor at Denoël as well as publishing various novels.{{Cite web |title=San Sebastian Film Festival |url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/awards_and_jury_members/offical_selection_jury_members/1/19369/in |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=sansebastianfestival |language=en |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927120503/https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/awards_and_jury_members/offical_selection_jury_members/1/19369/in |url-status=live }}

She wrote many books, which led her to become a screenwriter including How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits, Confessions d'un salaud, De l'autre côté de l'été, La fabrication d'un mensonge, Cléo de 5 à 7.

Her directorial debut film {{ill|Losing It (film)|lt=Losing It|fr|Mais vous êtes fous}} premiered in 2019.

Her 2021 film Happening was selected for the main competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it was subsequently awarded the Golden Lion, thus making her the sixth female director to ever win this award.{{cite web |last1=Lattanzio |first1=Ryan |title=Venice Film Festival Awards: Golden Lion Goes to Audrey Diwan's 'Happening' (Full List) |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/09/venice-film-festival-winners-2021-1234663899/ |access-date=11 September 2021 |website=Indie Wire |archive-date=12 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912051251/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/09/venice-film-festival-winners-2021-1234663899/ |url-status=live }}

Personal life

Diwan was in a relationship with French director Cédric Jimenez, with whom she had two children, born in 2007 and 2008, respectively.{{Cite web |last=Cauhapé |first=Véronique |date=23 November 2021 |title=Le cinéma intime et politique d’Audrey Diwan, réalisatrice de "L'Evénement" |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2021/11/23/le-cinema-intime-et-politique-d-audrey-diwan-realisatrice-de-l-evenement_6103200_3246.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231218180808/https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2021/11/23/le-cinema-intime-et-politique-d-audrey-diwan-realisatrice-de-l-evenement_6103200_3246.html |archive-date=18 December 2023 |access-date=18 December 2023 |website=Le Monde |language=fr}}{{cbignore}} Diwan and Jimenez separated in 2018. On 29 September 2023, Diwan announced her engagement to film producer Thibault Gast,{{Cite web |last=Diwan |first=Audrey |date=29 September 2023 |title=Engaged ❤️ @thibault_gast |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxw2UZUN51T/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231220173552/https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxw2UZUN51T/ |archive-date=20 December 2023 |access-date=20 December 2023 |website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}} with whom she has been in a relationship since 2021.

She is a member of Collectif 50/50, a French NGO promoting equality between men and women in the film industry.{{cite web|lang=fr|title=Femmes dans le cinéma : "La parité n'est pas qu'un problème de nana !"|trans-title=Women in cinema: "Parity is not just a girl's problem!"|first=Christophe|last=Carrière|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/cinema/femmes-et-cinema-la-parite-n-est-pas-qu-un-probleme-de-nana_2078783.html|website=LExpress.fr|date=18 May 2019|access-date=12 September 2021|archive-date=16 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716210007/https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/cinema/femmes-et-cinema-la-parite-n-est-pas-qu-un-probleme-de-nana_2078783.html|url-status=live}}

Filmography

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rowspan="2" \| Year ! rowspan="2" \| Title ! colspan="2" \| Credited as ! rowspan="2' \| Notes
width=65 \| Director ! width=65 \| Writer
2008 \|{{lang\|fr\|De feu et de glace}} \|{{no}} \|{{Yes}} \|TV movie
2012 \|Paris Under Watch \|{{no}} \|{{Yes}} \|
2014 \|The Connection \|{{no}} \|{{Yes}} \|
2017 \|The Man with the Iron Heart \|{{no}} \|{{Yes}} \|
2018 \|(Girl)Friend \|{{no}} \|{{Yes}} \|
2019 \|Losing It \|{{yes}} \|{{Yes}} \|
2020 \|BAC Nord \|{{no}} \|{{Yes}} \|
2021 \|Happening \|{{yes}} \|{{Yes}} \|
rowspan="2" \| 2023 \|Just the Two of Us \|{{no}} \|{{Yes}} \|
Visions \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \|Collaboration
rowspan="3" \|2024 \|The Good Teacher \|{{no}} \|{{Yes}}{{Cite web \|last=Keslassy \|first=Elsa \|date=9 May 2023 \|title=Indie Sales Boards Teddy Lussi-Modeste's 'The Good Teacher,' Co-Written by Audrey Diwan, Starring François Civil (EXCLUSIVE) \|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/indie-sales-teddy-lussi-modestes-the-good-teacher-audrey-diwan-francois-civil-1235607553/ \|website=Variety}} \|
Beating Hearts \|{{no}} \|{{Yes}}{{Cite web \|last=Keslassy \|first=Elsa \|date=18 May 2023 \|title=French Hitmakers Hugo Selignac, Alain Attal Set for Banner 2024 With Studiocanal and Netflix on Gilles Lellouche's 'L'Amour Ouf,' and With WB, HBO Max on Boukherma Brothers' Next Film (EXCLUSIVE) \|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/hugo-selignac-alain-attal-lamour-ouf-boukherma-brothers-1235617012/ \|website=Variety}}
Emmanuelle \|{{yes}} \|{{Yes}} \|Also producer{{Cite web \|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/markets-festivals/lea-seydoux-audrey-diwan-emmanuelle-erotic-novel-1235267802/ \|title=Léa Seydoux, Audrey Diwan Team Up on 'Emmanuelle,' Adaptation of Erotic Novel \|last=Lang \|first=Brent \|date=16 May 2022 \|access-date=10 November 2022 \|website=Variety \|archive-date=17 May 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517043301/https://variety.com/2022/film/markets-festivals/lea-seydoux-audrey-diwan-emmanuelle-erotic-novel-1235267802/ \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|last=Keslassy \|first=Elsa \|date=1 November 2023 \|title=Neon Circling Audrey Diwan's Erotic Drama 'Emmanuelle' Starring Noemie Merlant (EXCLUSIVE) \|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/neon-audrey-diwan-erotic-emmanuelle-noemie-merlant-1235776053/ \|publisher=Variety}}

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! rowspan="2" | Title

! colspan="2" | Credited as

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width=65 | Director

! width=65 | Writer

2008

|{{lang|fr|De feu et de glace}}

|{{no}}

|{{Yes}}

|TV movie

2012

|Paris Under Watch

|{{no}}

|{{Yes}}

2014

|The Connection

|{{no}}

|{{Yes}}

2017

|The Man with the Iron Heart

|{{no}}

|{{Yes}}

2018

|(Girl)Friend

|{{no}}

|{{Yes}}

2019

|Losing It

|{{yes}}

|{{Yes}}

2020

|BAC Nord

|{{no}}

|{{Yes}}

2021

|Happening

|{{yes}}

|{{Yes}}

rowspan="2" | 2023

|Just the Two of Us

|{{no}}

|{{Yes}}

Visions

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|Collaboration

rowspan="3" |2024

|The Good Teacher

|{{no}}

|{{Yes}}{{Cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=9 May 2023 |title=Indie Sales Boards Teddy Lussi-Modeste's 'The Good Teacher,' Co-Written by Audrey Diwan, Starring François Civil (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/indie-sales-teddy-lussi-modestes-the-good-teacher-audrey-diwan-francois-civil-1235607553/ |website=Variety}}

Beating Hearts

|{{no}}

|{{Yes}}{{Cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=18 May 2023 |title=French Hitmakers Hugo Selignac, Alain Attal Set for Banner 2024 With Studiocanal and Netflix on Gilles Lellouche's 'L'Amour Ouf,' and With WB, HBO Max on Boukherma Brothers' Next Film (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/hugo-selignac-alain-attal-lamour-ouf-boukherma-brothers-1235617012/ |website=Variety}}

Emmanuelle

|{{yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Also producer{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/markets-festivals/lea-seydoux-audrey-diwan-emmanuelle-erotic-novel-1235267802/ |title=Léa Seydoux, Audrey Diwan Team Up on 'Emmanuelle,' Adaptation of Erotic Novel |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=Variety |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517043301/https://variety.com/2022/film/markets-festivals/lea-seydoux-audrey-diwan-emmanuelle-erotic-novel-1235267802/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=1 November 2023 |title=Neon Circling Audrey Diwan's Erotic Drama 'Emmanuelle' Starring Noemie Merlant (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/neon-audrey-diwan-erotic-emmanuelle-noemie-merlant-1235776053/ |publisher=Variety}}

Awards and nominations

Throughout the course of her career, Audrey Diwan has been nominated for 25 films, 13 of which she has won. This includes winning all three awards she had been nominated for at the International Online Cinema Awards, winning Best Director as well as Best Adapted Screenplay two years in a row.

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style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Award ! scope="col" \| Category ! scope="col" \| Work ! scope="col" \| Result ! scope="col" \| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
scope="row" \| 2022 \| British Academy Film Awards \| Best Director \| rowspan="6" \| Happening \| {{nom}} \|{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=3 February 2022\|title=Baftas 2022: the full list of nominations\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/03/bafta-awards-2022-the-full-list-of-nominations\|access-date=5 February 2022\|website=The Guardian\|language=en-GB\|archive-date=22 February 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222153851/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/03/bafta-awards-2022-the-full-list-of-nominations\|url-status=live}}
rowspan="3" scope="row" \| 2022 \| rowspan="3" \|César Awards \| Best Film \| {{nom}} \| rowspan="3" \| {{cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/cesar-awards-2022-winners-1235190152/\|title='Lost Illusions' and 'Annette' Lead France's Cesar Awards — Full Winners List\|work=Variety\|date=25 February 2022\|accessdate=26 February 2022\|first=Elsa\|last=Keslassy\|archive-date=26 February 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226000834/https://variety.com/2022/film/global/cesar-awards-2022-winners-1235190152/\|url-status=live}}
Best Director \| {{nom}}
Best Adaptation \| {{nom}}
scope="row" \| 2021 \| European Film Awards \| European University Film Award \| {{nom}} \| {{Cite web\|date=9 November 2021\|title=European Film Awards Nominations 2021\|url=https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/nominations-announced-2021/\|access-date=10 November 2022\|website=European Film Academy\|language=en-US\|archive-date=10 November 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110065256/https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/nominations-announced-2021/\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" \| 2022 \| Gotham Awards \| Best International Feature \| {{won}} \| {{cite web\|first=Hilary\|last=Lewis\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gotham-awards-2022-nominations-nominees-list-1235248225/\|title=Gotham Awards: Tár, Aftersun Lead Nominees\|website=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=25 October 2022\|accessdate=10 November 2022\|archive-date=31 October 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031123125/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gotham-awards-2022-nominations-nominees-list-1235248225/\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" \| 2015 \| rowspan="3" \| Lumière Awards \| Best Screenplay \| The Connection \| {{nom}} \| {{cite web\|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frances-lumiere-awards-nominations-unveiled-762567\|title=France's Lumiere Awards Nominations Unveiled\|work=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=12 January 2015\|accessdate=13 January 2015\|first=Rhonda\|last=Richford\|archive-date=15 January 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115065150/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frances-lumiere-awards-nominations-unveiled-762567\|url-status=live}}
rowspan="2" scope="row" \| 2022 \| Best Film \| rowspan="6" \| Happening \| {{won}} \| rowspan="2" \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/happening-annette-the-worst-person-in-the-world-triumph-at-lumieres/5166663.article\|title='Happening', 'Annette', 'The Worst Person In The World' triumph at Lumières\|work=Screen Daily\|date=18 January 2022\|accessdate=19 January 2022\|first=Melanie\|last=Goodfellow\|archive-date=25 May 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525164049/https://www.screendaily.com/news/happening-annette-the-worst-person-in-the-world-triumph-at-lumieres/5166663.article\|url-status=live}}
Best Director \| {{nom}}
rowspan="4" scope="row" \| 2021 \| rowspan="4" \|Venice Film Festival \| Golden Lion \| {{won}} \| {{cite web \|title=Venice Film Festival: 'L'Événement' Wins Golden Lion, 'Hand Of God' Takes Grand Jury Prize, Jane Campion Best Director, Penelope Cruz Best Actress, Maggie Gyllenhaal Best Screenplay – Full List \|url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/venice-film-festival-2021-winners-golden-lion-full-list-1234831129/ \|last=Tartaglione \|first=Nancy \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=11 September 2021 \|access-date=11 September 2021 \|archive-date=11 September 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911171628/https://deadline.com/2021/09/venice-film-festival-2021-winners-golden-lion-full-list-1234831129/ \|url-status=live }}
FIPRESCI Prize \| {{won}} \| rowspan="3" \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/collateral-awards-78th-venice-film-festival\|title=COLLATERAL AWARDS OF THE 78TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL\|work=labiennale.org\|date=10 September 2021\|accessdate=10 November 2022\|archive-date=10 November 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110065306/https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/collateral-awards-78th-venice-film-festival\|url-status=live}}
Brian Award \| {{won}}
Arca CinemaGiovani Award: Venezia 78 Best Film \| {{won}}

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! scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Work

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" | 2022

| British Academy Film Awards

| Best Director

| rowspan="6" | Happening

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=3 February 2022|title=Baftas 2022: the full list of nominations|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/03/bafta-awards-2022-the-full-list-of-nominations|access-date=5 February 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en-GB|archive-date=22 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222153851/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/feb/03/bafta-awards-2022-the-full-list-of-nominations|url-status=live}}

rowspan="3" scope="row" | 2022

| rowspan="3" |César Awards

| Best Film

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="3" | {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/cesar-awards-2022-winners-1235190152/|title='Lost Illusions' and 'Annette' Lead France's Cesar Awards — Full Winners List|work=Variety|date=25 February 2022|accessdate=26 February 2022|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|archive-date=26 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226000834/https://variety.com/2022/film/global/cesar-awards-2022-winners-1235190152/|url-status=live}}

Best Director

| {{nom}}

Best Adaptation

| {{nom}}

scope="row" | 2021

| European Film Awards

| European University Film Award

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|date=9 November 2021|title=European Film Awards Nominations 2021|url=https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/nominations-announced-2021/|access-date=10 November 2022|website=European Film Academy|language=en-US|archive-date=10 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110065256/https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/nominations-announced-2021/|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | 2022

| Gotham Awards

| Best International Feature

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|first=Hilary|last=Lewis|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gotham-awards-2022-nominations-nominees-list-1235248225/|title=Gotham Awards: Tár, Aftersun Lead Nominees|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=25 October 2022|accessdate=10 November 2022|archive-date=31 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031123125/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gotham-awards-2022-nominations-nominees-list-1235248225/|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | 2015

| rowspan="3" | Lumière Awards

| Best Screenplay

| The Connection

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frances-lumiere-awards-nominations-unveiled-762567|title=France's Lumiere Awards Nominations Unveiled|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=12 January 2015|accessdate=13 January 2015|first=Rhonda|last=Richford|archive-date=15 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115065150/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frances-lumiere-awards-nominations-unveiled-762567|url-status=live}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2022

| Best Film

| rowspan="6" | Happening

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2" | {{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/happening-annette-the-worst-person-in-the-world-triumph-at-lumieres/5166663.article|title='Happening', 'Annette', 'The Worst Person In The World' triumph at Lumières|work=Screen Daily|date=18 January 2022|accessdate=19 January 2022|first=Melanie|last=Goodfellow|archive-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525164049/https://www.screendaily.com/news/happening-annette-the-worst-person-in-the-world-triumph-at-lumieres/5166663.article|url-status=live}}

Best Director

| {{nom}}

rowspan="4" scope="row" | 2021

| rowspan="4" |Venice Film Festival

| Golden Lion

| {{won}}

| {{cite web |title=Venice Film Festival: 'L'Événement' Wins Golden Lion, 'Hand Of God' Takes Grand Jury Prize, Jane Campion Best Director, Penelope Cruz Best Actress, Maggie Gyllenhaal Best Screenplay – Full List |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/venice-film-festival-2021-winners-golden-lion-full-list-1234831129/ |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=11 September 2021 |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-date=11 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911171628/https://deadline.com/2021/09/venice-film-festival-2021-winners-golden-lion-full-list-1234831129/ |url-status=live }}

FIPRESCI Prize

| {{won}}

| rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/collateral-awards-78th-venice-film-festival|title=COLLATERAL AWARDS OF THE 78TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL|work=labiennale.org|date=10 September 2021|accessdate=10 November 2022|archive-date=10 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110065306/https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/collateral-awards-78th-venice-film-festival|url-status=live}}

Brian Award

| {{won}}

Arca CinemaGiovani Award: Venezia 78 Best Film

| {{won}}

References

External links

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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hbr4tiNOjU Q&A: Director Audrey Diwan on 'Happening' & Abortion in Cinema | Presented By rePRO Film & IFC Films]
https://aframe.oscars.org/what-to-watch/post/audrey-diwan-5-movies-that-influenced-me-as-a-filmmaker
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/cannes-critics-week-2023-jury-audrey-diwan-president-1235372032/

Category:Living people

Category:1980 births

Category:French film directors

Category:French screenwriters

Category:Directors of Golden Lion winners