Noémie Lvovsky

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

Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky in 2014
Born	(1964-12-14) 14 December 1964 (age 59) Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, actress
Years active	1986–present

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

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

As actress

Cinema

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

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

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

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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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.
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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.

External links

• Noémie Lvovsky at IMDb