Pascale Lamche

Pascale Lamche (born July 1960), is a French–South African filmmaker. She is known as the director of several critically acclaimed film including Stalingrad, Black Diamond, Pakistan Zindabad, French Beauty, Accused #1: Nelson Mandela, Sophiatown and Winnie.[1] Apart from filmmaking, she is also a producer, writer and cinematographer.[2]

Pascale Lamche
Born
Pascale Lamche

July 1960
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Director, producer, writer, editor
Years active1997–present

Career

She obtained a first-class Honours B.A degree in Modern History from the University of Sussex and the Sorbonne. Then she started film career in London at the independent film center, Cinema Action, and worked for The European Script Fund in 1989. However, she later moved to Paris to establish ICONE, a venture for co-producing film and television. She had the chance to work in London and Paris as an independent producer and director. She accompany with production company Little Bird to make documentaries. Then she joined to 'La Cie Phares et Balises' and became the Director of International Co-Productions for Cameras Continentales.[3]

Lamche made films with Alexander McQueen and for the Gucci group for produce several fashion advertisements. She also made feature documentaries and series both as a writer-producer and writer-director for many international broadcasters.[3] She joined with many television serials as the producer for projects such as Bookmark, Great Performances, L'art et la manière. In 2003, she directed her maiden film Sophiatown, which gained critical acclaim.

In 2017, she made the documentary film Winnie, which deals with the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and her struggle to bring down Apartheid in South Africa.[4][5] The film was screened as a part of the Human Rights Festival 2019.[6] In the same year, she won the award for the Best Director for International Documentary at Sundance Film Festival.[7]

In April 2018, Lamche explained that former minister of safety and security Sydney Mufamadi has vindicated her during a media briefing.[8]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
1997BookmarkProducerTV series
1998Undressed: Fashion in the Twentieth CenturyProducerTV movie documentary
2001Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni VersaceProducerTV movie documentary
2000Waiting for Harvey: A Beginner's Guide to CannesProducerDocumentary
2002The King of Communism: The Pomp & Pageantry of Nicolae CeausescuExecutive producerTV movie documentary
2002Great PerformancesCo-producerTV series
2003SophiatownDirector, producer, writerDocumentary
2004Accused #1: Nelson MandelaDirectorTV movie documentary
2005French BeautyDirector, writer, cinematographerTV movie documentary
2006L'art et la manièreDirectorTV series
2007Pakistan zindabad: Longue vie au PakistanDirectorTV movie documentary
2010Black DiamondDirectorDocumentary
2015Stalingrad: Plus un pas en arrièreDirectorDocumentary
2017WinnieDirectorDocumentary[9]

References
  1. Moore, Kelsey (21 January 2017). "Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Pascale Lamche — 'Winnie'". Women and Hollywood. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. "'I Stopped Talking and Started Making the Film': Director Pascale Lamche: Winnie". Filmmakermagazine. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. "Winnie: One of the most misunderstood and intriguingly powerful contemporary female political figures". Independent Television Service, Inc. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. "Pascale Lamche". Women's Media Center. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. "Winnie: Film About Overshadowed South African Activist". Independent Television Service (ITVS). Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  6. "Screening of Winnie: a documentary film by Pascale Lamche". Kingston University. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. "Feminist filmmaking with Pascale Lamche". Cambridge Girl Talk. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  8. ""Mufamadi vindicated me": Controversial Winnie documentary producer". The Herald. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  9. "WINNIE - PASCALE LAMCHE". BOZAR CENTRE FOR FINE ARTS. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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