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Catherine Breillat

Writer | Director | Actress

Catherine Breillat is a Paris based filmmaker and writer who became famous for her distinctively personal films on sexuality, gender trouble and sibling rivalry. Accused of being a "porno auteuriste", Breillat allowed for an unbiased view of sexuality and extended the language of mainstream movies. She is also a best-selling novelist and wrote her first novel... See full bio »

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in Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, France
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2013 Abus de faiblesse (written by) (completed)
 
2010 The Sleeping Beauty (TV movie) (screenplay)
 
2009 Bluebeard (screenplay)
 
2007 The Last Mistress (adaptation)
 
2004 Anatomy of Hell (novel "Pornocratie" / screenplay)
 
2002 Sex Is Comedy
 
2001 Brief Crossing
 
2001 Fat Girl
 
2000 To Mathieu
 
1999 Romance (scenario and dialogue)
 
1997 Viens jouer dans la cour des grands (TV movie) (screenplay)
 
1996 Perfect Love
 
1993 Couples et amants (writer)
 
1993 Le secret d'Elissa Rhaïs (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1992 La nuit de l'océan
 
1991 La thune
 
1991 Dirty Like an Angel
 
1990 Aventure de Catherine C.
 
1990 Le diable au corps (TV movie)
 
1989 Zanzibar (writer)
 
1988 Milan noir (writer)
 
1988 36 fillette (novel / scenario)
 
1986 L'araignée de satin (screenplay)
 
1985 Police (based on an original idea by / scenario, adaptation and dialogue)
 
1982 The Eyes, the Mouth (collaborating writer)
 
1981 La pelle (screenplay)
 
1979 Nocturnal Uproar (writer)
 
1977 Bilitis
 
1976 A Real Young Girl (novel "Le soupirail" / screenplay)
 
1975 Catherine & Co.
 
Show ShowDirector (17 titles)
2013 Abus de faiblesse (completed)
 
2010 The Sleeping Beauty (TV movie)
 
2009 Bluebeard
 
2007 The Last Mistress
 
2006 La Fidélité (short) (music video)
 
2006 Si je reste (un peu) (short)
 
2004 Anatomy of Hell
 
2002 Sex Is Comedy
 
2001 Brief Crossing
 
2001 Fat Girl
 
1999 Romance
 
1996 Perfect Love
 
1995 À propos de Nice, la suite (segment "Aux Niçois qui mal y pensent")
 
1991 Dirty Like an Angel
 
1988 36 fillette
 
1979 Nocturnal Uproar
 
1976 A Real Young Girl
 
Show ShowActress (7 titles)
2013 Abus de faiblesse (completed)
Une patiente à l'hôpital (uncredited)
 
2004 Anatomy of Hell
Narrator (voice)
 
2002 A Housekeeper
Constance
 
1976 Dracula and Son
Herminie Poitevin
 
1973 Le dialogue dans le marécage (TV movie)
L'autre
 
1973 Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel
 
1972 Last Tango in Paris
Mouchette
 
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2001 Fat Girl (music: "Moi je m'ennuie", "J'ai mis mon coeur a pourrir" / lyrics: "Moi je m'ennuie", "J'ai mis mon coeur a pourrir")
 
1976 A Real Young Girl (lyrics: "Ma petite amie a fichu le camps", "Le danger c'est de trop aimer", "Suis-je une petite fille", "Electric Guitar")
 
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1982 The Eyes, the Mouth (assistant editor)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (1 title)
1976 A Real Young Girl (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
2012 Catherine Breillat: The First Time (documentary)
Herself
 
2011 Images de femmes ou Le corset social (documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Mutantes (TV documentary)
Herself - Interviewee
 
2009 Salut les Terriens (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 November 2009 (2009) … Herself
 
2009 Great Directors (documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Paris-Berlin, le débat (TV series)
Herself
– À bas les tabous? (2008) … Herself
 
2007 Dominique Laffin, portrait d'une enfant pas sage (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Lonsdale l'insondable (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Indie Sex: Teens (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002-2006 SexTV (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Zak Smith/The Nature of Sex/A Moment with... Catherine Breillat (2006) … Herself
– Nobuyoshi Araki/The Music of X: The Soundtrack of Sex/Catherine Breillat (2002) … Herself
 
2006 L'hebdo cinéma (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 23 September 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2005 French Beauty (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2004 X-Rated (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– The Films That Shocked Britain (2004) … Herself
 
2004 On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 5 December 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2001 Femme et cinéaste (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Salò: Fade to Black (video documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Bas les masques (TV series)
Herself
– Tu ne te vengeras point (1995) … Herself
 
1972 Vive le cinéma (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode dated 26 March 1972 (1972) … Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(novel) L'Homme facile. Paris : Union générale d'éditions, 1974. ISBN 229030882X. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 4 Interviews  | 2 Articles  | See more »
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

If I stop making films, I will die. I can tell myself that one day I will stop living. But I cannot bear the fact that the day will come when I will no longer be making films. See more »

Trivia:

Considers David Cronenberg another filmmaker to have a similar approach to sexuality in film. See more »

Trademark:

Dramas that explore female sexuality in a clinical, bleak style and with unconventional explicitness. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer