Amanda Sthers Explained

Amanda Sthers
Birth Name:	Amanda Queffélec-Maruani
Birth Date:	18 April 1978
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Children:	2

Amanda Queffélec-Maruani (born 18 April 1978), known professionally as Amanda Sthers, is a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Biography

Sthers is of Tunisian Sefardi and Breton origins. She has written ten novels which have been translated in more than 14 countries.

Her first play, "Le Vieux Juif blonde" is today studied at Harvard University. Her play "Le Lien" has been performed in Paris and at the Avignon Festival in 2013, and was widely performed in Italy in 2016.

Sthers wrote and directed the movie Je vais te manquer in which she directed Carole Bouquet, Michael Lonsdale, and Mélanie Thierry.

In 2015, she wrote an adaptation of Les Terres Saintes / Holy Lands, which she later directed in English.^[4] Shooting took place during winter 2017 in Israel.

At the 2017 Zurich Film Festival, Madame, a feature film that she wrote and directed in English was screened, starring Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel, and Rossy de Palma.

Personal life

On 21 September 2004, Sther married singer and actor Patrick Bruel. The two have two children, Oscar and Léon, who was born 28 September 2005. The couple separated in 2007.

Sthers moved to Los Angeles with her two children in 2017 where she started a film production company.

Awards and honours

Sthers has been given the title of "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" by the French government.^[5]

Works

2002: Caméra Café, TV series, writer
2004: Ma place sur la photo, novel
2005: Chicken Street, novel
2006: Le vieux juif blonde, play with Mélanie Thierry, directed by Jacques Weber
2006: Le chat bleu, l’alouette et le canard timide, children book, drawings by Pierre Cornuel, Grasset Jeunesse
2007: Thalasso, play
2007: Madeleine, novel
2007: Les pt'its legumes, children book
2008: Keith Me, novel, Stock
2010: Les terres saintes, novel, Stock
2010: Liberace, biography, Plon
2011: Le carnet secret de Lili Lampion, children book, stage musical at the Théâtre de Paris
2012: Rompre le charme, novel, Stock
2012: Le lien, play
2013: Dans mes yeux, Johnny Hallyday biography, Plon
2013: Les érections américaines, essay, Flammarion
2013: Mur, play
2015: Les promesses, novel, Grasset
2015: Conseil de famille, play, Théâtre de la Renaissance
2017: Madame, feature film, writer and director
2017: Holy Lands, feature film, writer and director
2020: Lettre d’amour sans le dire, novel, Grasset
2021: Promises, feature film, writer and director
2022: Le café suspendu, novel, Grasset
2023: Mafia Mamma, feature film, original story idea

Notes and References

Web site: Mme Bruel est irrésistible. Mrs Bruel is irresistible. Balle. Catherine. 28 September 2007. Le Parisien. fr. 20 September 2016.
Web site: Amanda Sthers: La belle et son amoureux officialisent lors du Festival de Cannes. Purepeople. 16 May 2013. fr. 20 September 2016.
Web site: Amanda Sthers, célibataire et prête pour l'amour. Amanda Sthers, single and ready for love. Gala. Prisma Média. 14 August 2015. fr. 20 September 2016.
Web site: Holy Lands (2018). IMDB. 21 June 2019.
Web site: 2011-08-11 . Nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres juillet 2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307161349/https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation-du-ministere/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-ou-promotion-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-juillet-2011 . 2023-03-07 . 2024-07-20 . . fr-FR.