Caroline Huppert
{{short description|French film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Caroline HUPPERT.jpg
| name = Caroline Huppert
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|10|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Paris, France
| death_date =
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| occupation = Film director
Screenwriter
| yearsactive = 1973–present
| relatives = Isabelle Huppert (sister)
}}
Caroline Huppert (born 28 October 1950) is a French film director and screenwriter.{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/95226/Caroline-Huppert |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102132844/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/95226/Caroline-Huppert |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 November 2012 |title=NY Times: Caroline Huppert |access-date=16 May 2010 | first=Caryn |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |date=2012 | last=James}} She is the sister of French actress Isabelle Huppert and has directed more than 30 films since 1977.
Early life and career
Huppert was born in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, the daughter of Annick (née Beau; 1914–1990), an English language teacher, and Raymond Huppert (1914–2003), a safe manufacturer. she has a brother and three sisters, including French actress Isabelle Huppert. She was raised in Ville-d'Avray.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/isabelle-huppert-i-dont-have-a-reputation-for-being-difficult-2016525.html|title=Isabelle Huppert: 'I don't have a reputation for being difficult'|work=The Independent|date=3 July 2010|last=Chalmers|first=Robert|access-date=17 July 2017}} Her father was Jewish;{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/23/isabelle-huppert-oscar-nomination-rape-revenge-elle|title=Isabelle Huppert: 'Men aren't afraid of women the way women are afraid of men'|last=Leigh|first=Danny|date=23 February 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=20 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/the-face-of-fearless-cinema-french-actress-isabelle-huppert-at-65/a-43007122|title=The face of fearless cinema: French actress Isabelle Huppert at 65|date=16 March 2018|website=DW-TV|access-date=20 May 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.fr/20170124/meet-isabelle-huppert-frances-best-chance-at-an-oscar-this-year|title=France's Isabelle Huppert nominated for Best Actress Oscar for film 'Elle'|date=24 January 2017|work=The Local France|access-date=20 May 2018}} his Jewish family is from Eperjes, Austria-Hungary (now Prešov) and Alsace-Lorraine.{{cite web|url=http://www.actuj.com/2015-05/culture/1810-isabelle-huppert-bientot-sur-la-scene-de-l-espace-rachi|title=Isabelle Huppert bientôt sur la scène de l'Espace Rachi|publisher=Actualité Juive|language=fr|last=Szwarc|first=Sandrine|date=11 May 2015|access-date=21 February 2017|archive-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222125213/http://www.actuj.com/2015-05/culture/1810-isabelle-huppert-bientot-sur-la-scene-de-l-espace-rachi|url-status=dead}}{{cite journal|url=http://jewishjournal.com/blogs/the_ticket/215237/isabelle-huppert-uncovers-true-strength-characters/|title=Isabelle Huppert uncovers the true strength of her characters|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|date=17 February 2017|journal=Jewish Journal|access-date=20 May 2018}} Huppert was raised in her mother's Catholic faith.{{cite news|last=Leon|first=Masha|title=Sea of Faces: French Film Star Isabelle Huppert Presents Award to Robert Wilson at FIAF Gala|publisher=Forward|date=18 November 2009|url=http://forward.com/articles/119165/|access-date=18 November 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.groupe25images.fr/up/files/gazette/LC32CHUPPERT.pdf|title=Entretien avec Caroline Huppert|publisher=groupe25images.fr|language=fr|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923054450/http://www.groupe25images.fr/up/files/gazette/LC32CHUPPERT.pdf|url-status=dead}} On her mother's side, she is a great-granddaughter of one of the Callot Soeurs.{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/isabelle-huppert-mrs-hyde-new-york-film-festival-interview|title=Isabelle Huppert, Probably World's Greatest Actress, Reveals Where She Does Her Worst Acting|last=Bale|first=Miriam|date=9 October 2017|work=W|access-date=9 October 2017}}
Selected filmography
- No Trifling with Love (1977)
- Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed (1981)
- Sincerely Charlotte (1985)
- Répercussions (2008) TV Movie with Sarah Grappin and Eric Savin
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0403279|Caroline Huppert}}
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Category:Film directors from Paris
Category:French people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
Category:French women film directors