
Pauline PJ
@paulinepj
Film director and lecturer whose documentaries and films have screened internationally and won festival awards.
What I'm looking for
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Film Studies Professor
Smith College in Paris
Jan 2013 - Dec 2018 (5 years 11 months)
Taught film history, aesthetics, analysis, screenwriting, and short-film directing, as well as FLE and French culture through site visits, for the Junior Year Abroad Program.
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.
Teacher Trainer in Cinema Workshops
OMJA, Aubervilliers City Hall
Jan 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 year 11 months)
Provided training in Film Studies and cinema-workshop pedagogy for trainee teachers.
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.
Cinema Workshop
Romainville City Hall
Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 11 months)
Conducted cinema workshops for children aged 7–10 in primary schools.
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.
Adolescent Audiovisual Cinema Workshop
Compagnie Résonances
Jan 2007 - Dec 2009 (2 years 11 months)
Led audiovisual cinema workshops for adolescents.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
CIFAP
Series Writing, Series Writing
Completed series writing training at CIFAP, France.
INA
Feature Film Writing Workshop, Feature Film Writing
Completed a feature film writing workshop at INA, France.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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