| Sólveig Anspach | |
| Birth Date: | 1960 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland |
| Death Place: | Drôme, France |
| Occupation: | Film director Screenwriter |
| Yearsactive: | 1998–2015 |
Sólveig Anspach (8 December 1960 - 7 August 2015)[1] was an Icelandic-French film director and screenwriter. Born to a German-Romanian father Gerhard Anspach and an Icelandic mother Högna Sigurðardóttir, she spent most of her life living and working in France.[2] After studying philosophy and clinical psychology in Paris, she enrolled in La Fémis and graduated with a diploma in directing in 1989. Her film Stormy Weather was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.[3] Anspach died of breast cancer on 7 August 2015 at the age of 54.[4]
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=65 | Director | width=65 | Screenwriter | ||
| 1988 | La Tire | Documentary film | |||
| 1989 | Par amour | Documentary short film | |||
| 1990 | Les Îles Vestmannaeyar | Documentary short film | |||
| 1991 | Sandrine, une autre vie | Documentary short film | |||
| 1991 | Le Chemin de Kjölur | Documentary short film | |||
| 1992 | Sandrine à Paris | Documentary film | |||
| 1993 | Vizir et Vizirette | Short film | |||
| 1995 | Le Toucher | Documentary film Part of Allô la Terre series | |||
| 1995 | Les Loups | Documentary film Part of Allô la Terre series | |||
| 1995 | Bonjour, c'est pour un sondage | Documentary film | |||
| 1995 | Sarajevo, paroles de casques bleus | Documentary film | |||
| 1995 | Bistrik, Sarajevo | Documentary short film | |||
| 1996 | Les Origines | Documentary film Part of Allô la Terre series | |||
| 1997 | Le Théâtre des Marionnettes | Documentary film Part of Allô la Terre series | |||
| 1997 | Barbara, you're not guilty... | Documentary film | |||
| 1998 | Que personne ne bouge | Documentary film | |||
| 1999 | Haut les cœurs! | Flanders International Film Festival Ghent - Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best First Feature Film | |||
| 2001 | Documentary film 2001 Cannes Film Festival - François Chalais Prize | ||||
| 2001 | Reykjavik, des elfes dans la ville | Documentary short film | |||
| 2002 | La Revue Deschamps Makeïef | Documentary film | |||
| 2003 | Stormy Weather | Nominated—2003 Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard | |||
| 2004 | Les Européens | Segment: Jane by the Sea | |||
| 2004 | Faux tableaux dans vrais paysages islandais | Documentary film | |||
| 2005 | Le Secret | Documentary film | |||
| 2006 | Manon, Montreuil-sous-Bois, France | Documentary film | |||
| 2006 | Didda, Reykyavik, Islande | Documentary film | |||
| 2008 | Skrapp út () | Locarno International Film Festival - Variety Piazza Grande Award | |||
| 2009 | Christine | Documentary short film | |||
| 2010 | The Rebel, Louise Michel | Telefilm | |||
| 2010 | Anne et les tremblements | Short film | |||
| 2012 | Queen of Montreuil | Reykjavík International Film Festival - Audience Award 69th Venice International Film Festival - Lina Mangiacapre Award | |||
| 2013 | Lulu femme nue | Nominated—César Award for Best Adaptation | |||
| 2016 | L'Effet aquatique | Cannes Film Festival - SACD Award (Directors' Fortnight) César Award for Best Original Screenplay | |||