Franssou Prenant

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Franssou Prenant

Writing 73 November 8, 1952

Paris, France

Franssou Prenant (born 8 November 1952 in Paris) is a French filmmaker, screenwriter, editor, actress and camera operator. Prenant studied at the Institut des hautes études ciném…

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Franssou Prenant (born 8 November 1952 in Paris) is a French filmmaker, screenwriter, editor, actress and camera operator. Prenant studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). In 1974, she played a young Native American woman in Marco Ferreri's Don't Touch the White Woman!. Her first short film, Paradis perdu, was released in 1975. In 1977 she served as script supervisor on Robert Bresson's The Devil, Probably. From 1982 onwards, she worked as an editor for Raymond Depardon, notably on Faits divers, a documentary for which she received a nomination for the César Award for Best Editing. Her own films have been selected at numerous festivals in France and abroad, including IndieLisboa (Portugal), the Viennale (Austria), the IFFR (Netherlands), EntreVues - Festival du film de Belfort, Côté court, and Visions du Réel (Switzerland). Her most recent film, De la conquête, was selected in 2022 at the Rencontres du cinéma documentaire de Montreuil, the États généraux du film documentaire de Lussas, and FIDMarseille.

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  1. 2026
  2. 2022
    About the Conquest

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 2017
    Bienvenue à Madagascar

    Movie Director

  4. 2012
  5. 2007
  6. 2005
    Reviens et prends-moi

    Movie Director

  7. 2001
  8. 2000
  9. 2000
  10. 1994
    A Letter to L...

    Movie L.

  11. 1990
    Calle San Luis Potosi

    Movie Editor

  12. 1988
    Je sais pas, je sais pas

    Movie Editor

  13. 1987
    L'escale de Guinée

    Movie Director

  14. 1985
  15. 1983
    Habibi

    Movie Director

  16. 1982
    Half a Life

    Movie Editor

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  1. 1981
    Histoire d’amour : Colombe et Avedis

    Movie Assistant Director

  2. 1980
    Histoire d’une sculpture

    Movie Director

  3. 1975
    Paradis Perdu

    Movie Director

  4. 1972