| Alice Winocour | |
| Birth Date: | 13 January 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years Active: | 2003–present |
Alice Winocour (born 13 January 1976) is a French screenwriter and director.[1]
Winocour was born in Paris, France, to a Jewish family.[2] After studying screenwriting at La Fémis, Winocour made three short films and wrote the script for Vladimir Perisic's film Ordinary People (released in 2009).[3]
Winocour's first feature film, Augustine, based on the relationship between Professor Charcot and his patient Augustine, was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 as part of the Critics' Week.[4] [5] [6] Her second directorial film Maryland was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[7]
Winocour also co-wrote the film Mustang with Deniz Gamze Ergüven. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[8] The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.[9]
She was named as a member of the jury of the Critics' Week section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[10]
Her 2019 film Proxima premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival,[11] where it received an honourable mention from the Platform Prize jury.[12]
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=65 | Director | width=65 | Screenwriter | ||
| 2003 | Orphée | Short film (also as actress) | |||
| 2005 | Kitchen | Short film Nominated—2005 Cannes Film Festival - Short Film Palme d'Or | |||
| 2007 | Magic Paris | Short film Cabourg Film Festival - Best Short Film Director Los Angeles Film Festival - Best Narrative Short | |||
| 2008 | Home | Collaboration | |||
| 2009 | Pina Colada | Short film | |||
| 2009 | Ordinary People | Collaboration | |||
| 2012 | Augustine | ||||
| 2015 | Disorder | Nominated—2015 Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard | |||
| 2015 | Mustang | César Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Screenplay | |||
| 2019 | Proxima | ||||
| 2022 | Paris Memories (Revoir Paris) | ||||