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Film director and lecturer whose documentaries and films have screened internationally and won festival awards.

France
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What I'm looking for

I’m driven to develop a personal way of telling stories and to transmit the art of cinema and the love of French language and culture.

At Dynamo Production, I directed GENERATION SLOW FASHION, a documentary for France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. My film LES PLANEURS (OVER THE SKY) received 19 awards and 44 official selections.

At Université Paris Nanterre, I taught film studies and managed the editing programme, combining theory and practice with DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere. I’ve also taught film studies at Smith College and Mount Holyoke College, including lectures on French cinema.

My work spans documentary, fiction and cinema education. I directed approximately 100 video interviews for WHAT’S UP WITH FEMINISM?, a bilingual multimedia platform created with the French Ministry of Women’s Rights and Smith College, and I’ve led cinema workshops for children, teenagers and adults.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Film Studies Lecturer

Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 (11 months)

Delivered a Film Studies lecture on 'The Female Gaze in French Cinema' in English and a seminar for French Department professors on 'Gastronomy in French Cinema' in French.

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French as a Foreign Language Lecturer

EOI San Roque

Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 (11 months)

Delivered four FLE lectures about films and French cinema and conducted a teacher-training session in FLE pedagogy under the Erasmus Programme.

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Film Studies Lecturer

Mount Holyoke College

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 (11 months)

Presented screenings of films and a talk in French on the role of female French directors historically and today.

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Film Studies Professor

Université Paris Nanterre

Jan 2019 - Dec 2022 (3 years 11 months)

Served as educational manager for the editing programme in a Master's in Documentary Cinema and Visual Anthropology, teaching theory and practice with DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere, and creating multimedia projects with the Media Lab.

AS

Youth and Teen Cinema Workshop

Association Silhouette

Jan 2013 - Dec 2021 (8 years 11 months)

Facilitated cinema workshops for children and teenagers aged 7–25 in Paris, Aubervilliers, and Vincennes.

CC

Cinema Workshop for Women

Centre Social La Courneuve

Jan 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 year 11 months)

Conducted cinema workshops and FLE for international women with Collectif Maquis’art.

PA

Cinema Workshop in English

Pari-Grandir

Jan 2014 - Dec 2017 (3 years 11 months)

Led cinema workshops in English for international children aged 3–11.

RH

Cinema Workshop

Romainville City Hall

Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 11 months)

Conducted cinema workshops for children aged 7–10 in primary schools.

SC

FLE Professor

Shandong Foreign Languages Vocational College

Jan 2012 - Dec 2013 (1 year 11 months)

Taught French as a Foreign Language at a vocational college in Rizhao, China.

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Cinema Class

Forum des Images

Jan 2009 - Dec 2011 (2 years 11 months)

Taught screenwriting and directing to teenagers in audiovisual cinema programmes at several high schools.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

CI

CIFAP

Series Writing, Series Writing

Completed series writing training at CIFAP, France.

IN

INA

Feature Film Writing Workshop, Feature Film Writing

Completed a feature film writing workshop at INA, France.

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La Sorbonne

Master's Degree, Comparative Literature, Film Adaptation

Grade: 16.78/20

Master's Degree in Comparative Literature, Film Adaptation. Thesis on the adaptation of Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood by John Huston; grade 16.78/20.

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Smith College

Cultural Studies Diploma, American Studies, Film Studies, American Literature

Grade: 3.8/4

Activities and societies: Directed five films for special studies and thesis; founder of the French Film Festival about the representation of teenage girls at The French House.

Cultural Studies Diploma with a GPA of 3.8/4, focusing on American Studies, Film Studies, and American Literature. Directed five films and founded the French Film Festival.

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Panthéon-Sorbonne

Master's Degree, Film Studies

Master's Degree in Film Studies with a focus on screenwriting, directing, and production. Created a first documentary for French television and a cancer-prevention film.

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Université Paris-Diderot

Master's Degree / Bachelor's Degree, Film Studies

Master's Degree / Bachelor's Degree in Film Studies, covering history of cinema, philosophy, literature, theatre, psychoanalysis, and visual anthropology. Thesis on Bruno Dumont's 29 Palms.

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Université de Nanterre

Bachelor's Degree, Year 2, Ethnology and Sociology

Completed the second year of a Bachelor's Degree in Ethnology and Sociology as an independent candidate.

LB

Lycée International Honoré de Balzac

French Baccalauréat, Literature, Cinema and Audiovisual Studies

Activities and societies: Director and screenwriter for the class film diploma.

French Baccalauréat in Literature, Cinema and Audiovisual Studies. Directed and wrote the class film diploma.

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