Known For
Writing
Born
Nov 08, 1952
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Credits
20 titles
Franssou Prenant
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Hélène Trésore Transnationale
Self
About the Conquest
Director of Photography
Bienvenue à Madagascar
Director
I Am Too Sexy for My Body, for My Bo-ody
Director
Le Jeu de l'oie du Professeur Poilibus
Director
Reviens et prends-moi
Director
Sous le ciel lumineux de son pays natal
Director
Paris, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big World
Myope / Lunettes
Ipoustéguy, l'âge de la décision
Editor
A Letter to L...
L.
Calle San Luis Potosi
Editor
Je sais pas, je sais pas
Editor
L'escale de Guinée
Director
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
Habibi
Director
Half a Life
Editor
Histoire d’amour : Colombe et Avedis
Assistant Director
Histoire d’une sculpture
Director
Paradis Perdu
Director
Albertine ou Les Souvenirs parfumés de Marie-Rose
Albertine