Delphine Girard

{{Short description|Belgian film director}}

Delphine Girard is a Belgian film director.Jamie Lang, [https://variety.com/2020/film/global/a-sister-director-delphine-girard-on-her-oscar-nominated-short-1203469978/ "'A Sister' Director Delphine Girard on Her Oscar-Nominated Short"]. Variety, 16 January 2020. She is most noted for her 2018 short film A Sister (Une sœur), which was an Academy Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2020-complete-list-nominees-updating-live-1267880|title=Oscars: Full List of Nominations|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113135105/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-nominations-2020-complete-list-nominees-updating-live-1267880|archive-date=13 January 2020|url-status=live}}

Born in Quebec, she moved to Belgium with her family in childhood, and studied film at INSAS. She directed the short films Monstre (2014) and Caverne (2017) prior to making A Sister.[https://ctvm.info/quitter-la-nuit-de-delphine-girard-ouvrira-le-38e-fiff-namur/ "QUITTER LA NUIT de Delphine Girard ouvrira le 38e FIFF Namur !"]. CTVM, 17 August 2023.

Her feature debut, Through the Night (Quitter la nuit), premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival,Aurore Engelen, [https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/449105 "Review: Through the Night"]. Cineuropa. 6 September 2023. where Girard won the Audience Award for the Giornate degli Autori program.Marta Bałaga, [https://variety.com/2023/film/global/humanist-vampire-seeking-consenting-suicidal-person-through-the-night-venice-days-1235717596/ "'Radical and Courageous' Dark Comedy 'Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,' 'Through the Night' Pick Up Venice Days Awards"]. Variety, 8 September 2023.