Lisa Azuelos

{{short description|French director, writer, and producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Lisa Azuelos

| image = Liza Azuelos César 2018.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_name = Elise-Anne Bethsabée Azuelos

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|11|06|df=y}}

| birth_place = Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

| nationality = French

| other_names = Lisa Alessandrin

| occupation = Film director, producer, writer

| known_for =

| spouse = Patrick Alessandrin (divorced)

| children = 3

}}

Lisa Azuelos (born Elise-Anne Bethsabée Azuelos; 6 November 1965) is a French director, writer, and producer. She is the daughter of singer Marie Laforêt.{{cite web|title=Lisa Azuelos |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/595879/Lisa-Azuelos/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408005801/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/595879/Lisa-Azuelos/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 April 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |date=2014 |accessdate=13 March 2014}}

Biography

Lisa Azuelos is the daughter of French singer and actress Marie Laforêt and of Judas Azuelos, a Moroccan Jew of Sephardic descent.

She has a younger brother and a step-sister, Deborah.

Her parents separated when she was 2 years old. Her mother kept her and sent her with her brother to a Swiss boarding school, "Les Sept Nains", where children were allegedly maltreated physically and mentally.{{cite web|last=Diatkine|first=Anne|title=Lisa Azuelos. La fille aux œufs d’or|newspaper=Libération (journal)|url=https://next.liberation.fr/cinema/2014/04/21/lisa-azuelos-la-fille-aux-oeufs-d-or_1001778 |access-date=21 April 2014|date=21 April 2014|language=fr}} Afterwards the two siblings were sent to live with someone in a small village in the department of Sarthe.

She stayed with her father since the age of twelve. That is the time she discovered his Sephardic heritage.

Lisa Azuelos was introduced to her future husband, film producer Patrick Alessandrin, by Luc Besson. The couple has three children, Carmen, Illan and Thaïs. They divorced after 11 years of marriage.

Lisa Azuelos has a film production company, which she named Bethsabée Mucho after her paternal great-grandmother Bethsabée.

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan=2 width="33"\| Year ! rowspan=2\| Title ! colspan=4\| Credited as ! rowspan=2\| Notes
width=65 \|Director ! width=65 \|Screenwriter ! width=65 \|Producer ! width=65 \|Actress
align="center" \| 1993 \| align="left"\| Classe mannequin \| \| {{yes}} \| \| \|TV series
align="center" \| 1995 \| align="left"\| Ainsi soient-elles \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \|{{yes}} \|Credited as Lisa Alessandrin
align="center" \| 1996 \| align="left"\| La Femme rêvée \| \| {{yes}} \| \| \|Telefilm; credited as Lisa Alessandrin
align="center" \| 2001 \| align="left"\| 15 August \| \| {{yes}} \| \| \|Credited as Lisa Azuelos-Alessandrin
align="center" \| 2002 \| align="left"\| Ti Amo \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|Short
align="center" \| 2005 \| align="left"\| Cavalcade \| \| {{yes}} \| \| \|
align="center" \| 2006 \| align="left"\| Hey Good Looking! \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \| \|
align="center" \| 2008 \| align="left"\| LOL (Laughing Out Loud) \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \|{{yes}} \|
align="center" \| 2009 \| align="left"\| Victor \| \| {{yes}} \| \| \|
align="center" \| 2010 \| align="left"\| Tout ce qui brille \| \| \|{{yes}} \| \|Co-producer
align="center" \| 2012 \| align="left"\| LOL \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|Executive producer
align="center" \| 2012 \| align="left"\| Max \| \| \| {{yes}} \| \|
align="center" \| 2014 \| align="left"\| Quantum Love \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \|
align="center" \| 2014 \| align="left"\| Free the Nipple \| \| \| {{yes}} \| \|
align="center" \| 2014 \| align="left"\| L’Enfer me ment \| \| \| {{yes}} \| \|Short
align="center" \| 2015 \| align="left"\| 14 Million Screams \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \|Short
align="center" \| 2015 \| align="left"\| Noctambule \| {{yes}} \| \| \| \|Short
align="center" \| 2015 \| align="left"\| One Wild Moment \| \| {{yes}} \| \| \|
align="center" \| 2015 \| align="left"\| The Boss's Daughter \| \| \| {{yes}} \| \|
align="center" \| 2017 \| align="left"\| Dalida \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| \| \| \|
align="center" \| 2019 \| align="left"\| Sweetheart \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! rowspan=2 width="33"| Year

! rowspan=2| Title

! colspan=4| Credited as

! rowspan=2| Notes

width=65 |Director

! width=65 |Screenwriter

! width=65 |Producer

! width=65 |Actress

align="center" | 1993

| align="left"| Classe mannequin

|

| {{yes}}

|

|TV series

align="center" | 1995

| align="left"| Ainsi soient-elles

| {{yes}}

|

|{{yes}}

|Credited as Lisa Alessandrin

align="center" | 1996

| align="left"| La Femme rêvée

|

| {{yes}}

|

|Telefilm; credited as Lisa Alessandrin

align="center" | 2001

| align="left"| 15 August

|

| {{yes}}

|

|Credited as Lisa Azuelos-Alessandrin

align="center" | 2002

| align="left"| Ti Amo

| {{yes}}

|Short

align="center" | 2005

| align="left"| Cavalcade

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2006

| align="left"| Hey Good Looking!

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2008

| align="left"| LOL (Laughing Out Loud)

| {{yes}}

|

|{{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2009

| align="left"| Victor

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2010

| align="left"| Tout ce qui brille

|

|{{yes}}

|

|Co-producer

align="center" | 2012

| align="left"| LOL

| {{yes}}

|Executive producer

align="center" | 2012

| align="left"| Max

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2014

| align="left"| Quantum Love

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2014

| align="left"| Free the Nipple

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2014

| align="left"| L’Enfer me ment

|

| {{yes}}

|

|Short

align="center" | 2015

| align="left"| 14 Million Screams

| {{yes}}

|

|Short

align="center" | 2015

| align="left"| Noctambule

| {{yes}}

|

|Short

align="center" | 2015

| align="left"| One Wild Moment

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2015

| align="left"| The Boss's Daughter

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2017

| align="left"| Dalida

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2019

| align="left"| Sweetheart

| {{yes}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|18132}}

Category:1965 births

Category:French women film directors

Category:French film producers

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century Moroccan Jews

Category:French people of Moroccan descent

Category:French women screenwriters

Category:French screenwriters

Category:People from Neuilly-sur-Seine

Category:French women film producers