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Noémie Lvovsky

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Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky in 2014
Born (1964-12-14) 14 December 1964 (age 60)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, actress
Years active1986–present

Noémie Lvovsky (French: [lvɔfski]; born 14 December 1964) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actress.[1][2][3]

She is best known for directing Camille Rewinds and Life Doesn't Scare Me, and for her roles in My Wife Is an Actress, House of Tolerance, Summertime, and Actrices.

She has received numerous awards including a Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film, Cannes Film Festival – Directors' Fortnight – SACD Prize, and French Cineaste of the Year at Cannes Film Festival among others. She has been nominated for 13 César Awards in Best Supporting Actress,[4] Best Director, Best Actress,[4] and Best Original Screenplay categories. She has been nominated for numerous other awards including Lumières Award for Best Actress, and Lumières Award for Best Director.

Life and career

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Born in Paris in 1964, Lvovsky is the daughter of Jewish parents who emigrated from Ukraine to flee pogroms.[5][6] She studied cinema at La Fémis in Paris. Her first two films cast Emmanuelle Devos, who was then at the beginning of her career.

She is the actress with most nominations for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, with seven nominations: in 2002 for My Wife Is an Actress, in 2006 for Backstage, in 2008 for Actrices, in 2010 for The French Kissers, in 2012 for House of Pleasures, in 2016 for Summertime and in 2021 for How to Be a Good Wife. Her film Sentiments was nominated for the César Award for Best Film in 2004.

Her film Camille redouble was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival[7][8] where it won the Prix SACD.[9]

She was named as one of the jury members for the Cinéfondation and short film sections of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[citation needed]

Filmography

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As actress

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Cinema

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 My Wife Is an Actress Nathalie
2002 If I Were a Rich Man Claire
2003 France Boutique Monique
2004 Kings and Queen Elizabeth
Illustre inconnue The sister Short
2005 Backstage Juliette
L'un reste, l'autre part Nicole
2006 L'école pour tous Krikorian
Le grand appartement Charlotte Falingard
2007 Actrices Nathalie Also writer
2008 A Simple Heart Nastasie
L'Endroit idéal Rita Short
2009 Coco Brigitte
The French Kissers Hervé's mother
2010 Copacabana Suzanne
Bus Palladium The psy
Les Mains libres Rita
Ensemble, nous allons vivre une très,
très grande histoire d'amour... 		Madame Adélaïde
2011 Guilty Edith Marécaux
17 Girls The nurse
Le Skylab Aunt Monique
House of Tolerance Marie-France
2012 Coming Home Sabine Faroult
Camille Rewinds Camille Vaillant
Granny's Funeral The cryer
Farewell, My Queen Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan
2013 Chez nous c'est trois! Jeanne Millet
2014 Fool Circle Rebecca
My Old Lady Dr. Florence Horowitz
Tiens-toi droite Sam
Weekends in Normandy Sylvette
Jacky in Women's Kingdom Tata
2015 Summertime Monique Benchiessa
Les jours venus The producer
The Sweet Escape Madame Pirchtate
2016 Chocolat Yvonne Delvaux
Willy 1er Catherine
Rosalie Blum Rosalie Blum
2017 Based on a True Story The inspector
Demain et tous les autres jours Madame Zasinger Also director
2018 One Nation, One King Solange
2019 Deux fils Magalie
Invisibles Hélène
The Summer House Nathalie Also writer
2020 Play Max's mother
Working Girls Dominique
À coeur battant Chantal
How to Be a Good Wife Marie-Thérèse
2021 Teddy Ghislaine
Le trésor du petit Nicolas Madame Bouillaguet
2022 Nobody's Hero Isadora
2023 Scarlet Madame Adeline
La grande magie Zaïra Also director
Jeanne du Barry Countess Anne de Noailles
No Love Lost The mayor
Youssef Salem a du succès Lise
2024 Madame de Sévigné Madame de La Fayette
TBA Nice Girls Post-Production
Bis Repetita Post-Production
Un Noël en Famille Carole Lamarre Post-Production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 À deux c'est plus facile TV movie
2010 Le meilleur ami de l'homme Chantal TV movie
2011 Bouquet final The owner TV movie
2015 Ainsi soient-ils Jeanne Valadon TV series (7 episodes)
2017 Loulou The mother TV series (1 episode)
Paris etc Madeleine Zand TV series (5 episodes)
2018 Nox Elisabeth Sereny TV mini-series
Les impatientes Maude Girard TV mini-series
2020 Si tu vois ma mère Monique TV movie
La Flamme Patricia TV series (1 episode)
2023 Sambre Arlette Caruso TV series (1 episode)

As filmmaker

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Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Screenwriter
1986 La Belle Yes Short film
1987 Une visite Yes Short film
1989 Dis-moi oui, dis-moi non Yes Yes Short film
1990 Embrasse-moi Yes Yes Short film
1992 The Sentinel Yes Also as casting director
1994 Oublie-moi Yes Yes [10]
1996 The Phantom Heart Yes
1996 Clubbed to Death (Lola) Yes
1997 Les Années Lycée: Petites Yes Yes Telefilm
1999 Life Doesn't Scare Me Yes Yes [11][12]
2003 It's Easier for a Camel... Yes
2003 Feelings Yes Yes [13][14]
2007 Actrices Yes
2007 Let's Dance Yes Yes [15][16]
2012 Camille Rewinds Yes Yes [17][18][19][20][21]
2013 A Castle in Italy Yes
2015 Les Trois Sœurs Yes Telefilm
2016 Demain et tous les autres jours Yes Yes [22][23]
2018 The Summer House Yes
2022 Forever Young Yes
2023 La grande magie Yes Yes

Awards And Nominations

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Year Award Category Title Result Notes
2023 César Awards Best Original Screenplay Forever Young Nominated [4]
2020 César Awards Best Supporting Actress How to Be a Good Wife Nominated [4]
2015 César Awards Best Supporting Actress Summertime Nominated [4]
2012 Lumières Award Best Actress Camille Rewinds Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Film Nominated
Special Award Won
César Awards Best Actress Nominated [4]
Best Film Nominated [4]
Best Director Nominated [4]
Best Original Screenplay Nominated [4]
Locarno International Film Festival Variety Piazza Grande Award Won
Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight – SACD Prize Won
2011 César Awards Best Supporting Actress House of Tolerance Nominated [4]
2009 César Awards Best Supporting Actress The French Kissers Nominated [4]
2007 César Awards Best Supporting Actress Actrices Nominated [4]
2005 César Awards Best Supporting Actress Backstage Nominated [4]
2003 Venice International Film Festival Golden Lion Feelings Nominated [24]
César Awards Best Film Nominated [4]
Louis Delluc Prize Best Film Won [1]
2001 César Awards Best Supporting Actress My Wife Is an Actress Nominated [4]
1999 Prix Jean Vigo Life Doesn't Scare Me Won [1]
Locarno International Film Festival Youth Jury Award Won
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Won
Silver Leopard (Young Cinema) Won
Cannes Film Festival French Cineaste of the Year Won
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema Best Director Won
1994 Thessaloniki International Film Festival Best Screenplay Oublie-moi Won
1989 Brest European Short Film Festival Grand Prix Dis-moi oui, dis-moi non Won
Munich International

Festival of Film Schools

Jury Award Won

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Noemie LVOVSKY". Festival de Cannes (in French). Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. ^ Tarr, Carrie; Rollet, Brigitte (1 November 2001). Cinema and the second sex: women's filmmaking in France in the 1980s and 1990s. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 34–, 68–. ISBN 978-0-8264-4742-5. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Noémie Lvovsky, tout jeu, tout flamme". Le Monde.fr (in French). 26 February 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "César Awards | Noémie Lvovsky". Académie des César (in French). Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. ^ Blottière, Mathilde (14 September 2012). "Noémie Lvovsky : "Je suis obsédée par ce qui ne reviendra plus"". Télérama. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Noémie Lvovsky". Acterieur du cinema. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  7. ^ Leffler, Rebecca (24 April 2012). "Cannes 2012: Michel Gondry's 'The We & The I' to Open Director's Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  8. ^ "2012 Selection". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Directors' Fortnight. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  9. ^ Ford, Rebecca (25 May 2012). "Cannes 2012: 'No' Takes Top Prize at Directors' Fortnight". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  10. ^ Dupont, Joan (3 February 1995). "THE MOVIE GUIDE : Oublie-Moi (Published 1995)". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  11. ^ Romney, Jonathan (22 August 2000). "Life Doesn't Scare Me". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  12. ^ "La vie ne leur fait pas peur, à Noémie Lvovsky non plus". Le Monde.fr (in French). 19 August 1999. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  13. ^ "CINÉMA : La trilogie de Lucas Belvaux et Les Sentiments, de Noémie Lvovsky, se partagent le prix Louis-Delluc 2003". Le Monde.fr (in French). 11 December 2003. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  14. ^ ""Les Sentiments" : un quatuor d'innocents emporté par la douce folie de l'amour". Le Monde.fr (in French). 4 November 2003. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  15. ^ ""Faut que ça danse !" : grossesse, névroses et quiproquos". Le Monde.fr (in French). 13 November 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  16. ^ Parkinson, David (21 December 2009). "The top 10 films of 2009 you probably won't have seen". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  17. ^ "" Camille redouble ", sur Arte : un joyeux et émouvant retour dans le temps". Le Monde.fr (in French). 21 December 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  18. ^ ""Camille redouble" : Noémie Lvovsky, retour à la classe départ". Le Monde.fr (in French). 26 May 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Camille redouble de nominations aux Césars". Le Monde.fr (in French). 25 January 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Locarno Film Festival honours Jean-Claude Brisseau". BBC News. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  21. ^ Pulver, Andrew (24 April 2012). "Cannes 2012: Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week announce festival lineup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  22. ^ "" Demain et tous les autres jours " : Noémie Lvovsky flirte avec la folie". Le Monde.fr (in French). 27 September 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  23. ^ "Femmes radieuses et hommes engagés : notre sélection cinéma". Le Monde.fr (in French). 27 September 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  24. ^ "60th Venice International Film Festival | Program" (PDF). www.labiennale.org/. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2005. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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