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Claire Denis
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Claire Denis (/dəˈniː/; French: [dəni]; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film Beau Travail (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s and of all time. Her work has dealt with themes of colonial and post-colonial West Africa, as well as issues in modern France, and continues to influence European cinematic identity.
Other acclaimed works include Trouble Every Day (2001), 35 Shots of Rum (2008), White Material (2009), High Life (2018) and Both Sides of the Blade (2022), the last of which won her the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. For Stars at Noon (2022), Denis won the Grand Prix at th…
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Claire Denis (/dəˈniː/; French: [dəni]; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film Beau Travail (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s and of all time. Her work has dealt with themes of colonial and post-colonial West Africa, as well as issues in modern France, and continues to influence European cinematic identity. Other acclaimed works include Trouble Every Day (2001), 35 Shots of Rum (2008), White Material (2009), High Life (2018) and Both Sides of the Blade (2022), the last of which won her the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. For Stars at Noon (2022), Denis won the Grand Prix at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, sharing the award with Lukas Dhont's Close. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claire Denis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Claire Denis's Filmography
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Room 999
as Self
No Poster
Claire Denis, les chemins de traverse
as Self

Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive sound)

Claire Denis : Leçon de cinéma
as Self

Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
as Self

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
as Self

The Breidjing Camp
as Narrator

Trespassing Bergman
as Self

Granny's Funeral
as Une femme à l'enterrement
No Poster
Silence
as Self
No Poster
Aller au diable
as Self
No Poster
Écrans Noirs Film Festival, 2010
as Narrator

Children of Salò
as Self

Purely Coincidental
as Self (Cameo appearance)

Venus Beauty Institute
as La cliente asmathique

Le Jour de Noël

Claire Denis, The Vagabond
as Self

To Have (Or Not)
as Alice's Mother

Talking with Ozu
as Self

Jacques Rivette, the Watchman
as Self (uncredited)

Mais où et donc Ornicar
as Jeune accouchée

Four Nights of a Dreamer
as Extra (uncredited)