Sylvie Verheyde (born 1967) is a French film director, actress, and screenwriter.
Career The films Verheyde has directed include Un frère (1997), in which Emma de Caunes won a César Award for Most Promising Actress,Eddie Dyja, ed., BFI film and television handbook (British Film Institute, 1999), p. 76 Princesses (2000), Amour de Femme (2001), Stella (2008) and Confession of a Child of the Century (2011), starring Pete Doherty, which was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival,Catherine Shoard, Cannes 2012: Confession of a Child of the Century at theguardian.com Sex Doll (2016; she also wrote the screenplay for this film), and Madame Claude (2021).'Madame Claude' Summary & Analysis - A Woman's Struggle For Power In A Man's World, Digital Mafia Talkies, 4 April 2021, accessed 17 September 2021
With Sylvie Ohayon, she co-wrote the screenplay of the 2021 film Haute Couture.
Stella (2008) and Stella In Love (2022) are both based on Verheyde's childhood. Sex Doll (2016) and Madame Claude (2021) are about prostitution, a topic close to Verheyde as her grandmother and one of her cousins were prostitutes.
Filmography Year Title Credited as NotesDirectorScreenwriter 1991 Entre chiens et loups Short 1992 La maison verte Short 1997 Un frère... 2000 Princesses 2001 Un amour de femme TV movie 2007 Scorpion Sang froid TV movie 2008 Stella 2012 Confession of a Child of the Century 2013 Lescop, la nuit américaine 2014 Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone 2016 Sex Doll 2021 Ibrahim Haute couture Madame Claude 2022 Stella est amoureuse 2024 Nudes TV mini-series
Awards Best Director for Sang froid at Television Festival of La Rochelle, 2007 Lina Mangiacapre Award and Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award, at the 65th Venice International Film Festival, for Stella
See also List of female film and television directors List of LGBT-related films directed by women
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