Vanessa Filho
{{Short description|French film director and screenwriter}}
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Vanessa Filho (born 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter. She has written and directed the feature films Angel Face (2018) and Consent (2023).{{Cite web |title=Vanessa Filho |url=https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/424944/vanessa-filho |access-date=25 January 2024 |website=Unifrance}}{{Cite web |title=Vanessa Filho |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/filmography/351683/ |access-date=25 January 2024 |website=Cineuropa}} In 2024, she was nominated for the César Award for Best Adaptation for Consent.
Early life
Filho was born in 1980. Her father was a commercial director and her mother was a literature teacher. She became fascinated with cinema at the age of 13 when she watched Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: Blue (1993).
Career
In 2001, Filho directed her first medium-length film, {{lang|fr|Primitifs}}. She later directed several music videos and launched her own musical career as part of the female duo Smoking Smoking.
Her feature directorial debut, Angel Face, starring Marion Cotillard,{{Cite web |date=28 September 2017 |title=Marion Cotillard to Star in French Feature Debut 'Gueule d'Ange' |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/global/marion-cotillard-to-star-in-french-feature-debut-gueule-dange-1202575283/ |website=Variety}} premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.{{Cite web |last=van Hoeij |first=Boyd |date=12 May 2018 |title='Angel Face' ('Gueule d'ange'): Film Review {{!}} Cannes 2018 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/angel-face-gueule-dange-review-1108949/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}
Filho's second feature film, Consent,{{Cite web |last=Stojiljković |first=Marko |date=15 November 2023 |title=Review: Consent |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/452695/ |website=Cineuropa}} based on Vanessa Springora's #MeToo bestseller {{lang|fr|Le Consentement}}, was released in 2023 and became a box office hit in France,{{Cite web |date=4 November 2023 |title=AFM: 'Consent,' France's Buzzy Adaptation of Vanessa Springora's #MeToo Bestseller, Lures Major Distributors Around the World (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/afm-consent-vanessa-springoras-metoo-bestseller-snd-sales-1235779881/ |website=Variety}}{{Cite web |last=Leffler |first=Rebecca |date=17 November 2023 |title=How TikTok helped reverse the box office fortunes for 'Consent' in France |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/how-tiktok-helped-reverse-the-box-office-fortunes-for-consent-in-france/5188010.article |website=Screen Daily}} and Filho was nominated for the 2024 César Awards for Best Adaptation.{{Cite web |date=24 January 2024 |title=Cesar Awards Nominations: Thomas Cailley's 'The Animal Kingdom,' Justine Triet's Oscar-Nominated 'Anatomy of a Fall' Lead the Way |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/cesar-awards-nominations-animal-kingdom-anatomy-of-a-fall-1235885601/ |website=Variety}}
On 23 August 2022, it was announced that Filho will direct the English and French-language period thriller Trespassers, starring Vanessa Paradis and Nina Hoss.{{Cite web |last=Tabbara |first=Mona |date=23 August 2022 |title=Vanessa Paradis, Nina Hoss set to star in Vanessa Filho's 'Trespassers' (exclusive) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/vanessa-paradis-nina-hoss-set-to-star-in-vanessa-filhos-trespassers-exclusive/5173684.article |website=Screen Daily}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Notes |
| 2001
! scope="row" | {{lang|fr|Primitifs}} | Medium-length film |
| 2007
! scope="row" | Be a Good Girl | Short film |
| 2018
! scope="row" | Angel Face | |
| 2023
! scope="row" | Consent | |
Accolades
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! Year ! Award / Festival ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| rowspan=2|2018
| rowspan=2|Angel Face | {{nom}} | {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/cannes-lineup-includes-new-films-from-spike-lee-jean-luc-godard-1202751300/|title=Cannes Lineup Includes New Films From Spike Lee, Jean-Luc Godard|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=12 April 2018|last1=Debruge|first1=Peter|last2=Keslassy|first2=Elsa|accessdate=12 April 2018}} |
| Camerimage
| Best Directorial Debut | {{nom}} | {{Cite web |date=29 October 2018 |title=Camerimage 2018 |url=https://www.afcinema.com/Camerimage-2018-12984.html?lang=en |website=French Society of Cinematographers}} |
| rowspan=2| 2024
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | rowspan=2|Consent | {{nom}} |
| César Awards
| {{nom}} |
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Category:French film directors
Category:French-language film directors
Category:French women film directors