Sébastien Lifshitz

Sébastien Lifshitz (born 1968)[1] is a French screenwriter and director. He teaches at La Fémis, a school that focuses on the subject of image and sound. He studied at the École du Louvre, and has a bachelor's degree from the University of Paris in history of art.

Sébastien Lifshitz
Born1968 (age 54–55)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter

Career

Lifshitz's work involves LGBTQ+ themes. His 2004 film, Wild Side, involves several narratives, some told forward and some backward, about a transgender prostitute.

He is a two-time winner of the Teddy Award, presented by an independent committee at the Berlin International Film Festival to the year's best films with LGBT themes, winning Best Feature Film in 2004 for Wild Side and Best Documentary Film in 2013 for Bambi, a documentary profile of transgender French entertainer Marie-Pierre Pruvot.[2]

In 2014, Rizzoli International published Lifshitz's The Invisibles: Vintage Portraits of Love and Pride, a collection of gay-themed photos from the early 20th century.[3][4]

Filmography
Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Screenwriter Actor
1994 Il faut que je l'aime Yes Yes Short film
1996 Claire Denis, la vagabonde Yes Documentary film
1998 Open Bodies (Les Corps ouverts) Yes Yes Yes Also as actor
1998 Cannes Film Festival - Kodak Short Film Award
Prix Jean Vigo for Short Film
1999 Cold Lands (Les Terres froides) Yes Yes Yes Telefilm (as part of the Gauche-Droite series for Arte)
Also as actor (as Garçon Patinoire)
2000 Presque rien Yes Yes
2001 The Crossing (La Traversée) Yes Yes Documentary film
2004 Wild Side[5] Yes Yes Berlinale 2004 - Teddy Award for Best Feature Film
2009 Going South (Plein sud) Yes Yes
2012 The Invisibles (Les Invisibles)[6] Yes Documentary film
César Award for Best Documentary Film
2013 Bambi Yes Yes Documentary film
Berlinale 2013 -Teddy Award for Best Documentary
Nominated—César Award for Best Short Film
2016 The Lives of Thérèse (Les Vies de Thérèse) Yes Yes Documentary film
Cannes Film Festival - Queer Palm
2019 Adolescents (Adolescentes)[7][8] Yes Yes Documentary film
Prix Louis-Delluc (for best French film of 2020)
2019 Avenue de Lamballe Yes Short film
2020 Garçons sensibles Yes Chéries-Chéris 2021
2020 Little Girl (Petite fille)[9][10] Yes Yes Documentary film
Berlinale 2020 - Panorama
2022 Casa Susanna[11][12] Yes Yes

Bibliography
  • Rees-Robertsn, N. French Queer Cinema (2008).
  • Reeser, T. "Representing gay male domesticity in French film of the late 1990s," In Queer Cinema in Europe (2008).
  • Reeser, T. "Transsexuality and the Disruption of Time in Sebastien Lifshitz's Wild Side," in Studies in French Cinema (2007).

References
  1. "Sébastien Lifshitz". www.rencontres-arles.com. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  2. "Berlin's Teddy Family". Interview, March 2013.
  3. "LOOK: Early 20th Century Gay Life Revealed In These Incredible Photos". HuffPost. May 1, 2014.
  4. Radnor, Abigail (13 June 2014). "Pictures of the week: The Invisibles, by Sébastien Lifshitz". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  5. Hughes, Sarah (2005-09-17). "Transsexual healing". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  6. Brooks, Xan (2013-07-11). "Les Invisibles – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  7. "ARTE coproduit le prochain documentaire de Sébastien Lifshitz". Arte. 30 June 2015.
  8. "French Film Review: Adolescentes, Directed by Sébastien Lifshitz". France Today. 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  9. Brody, Richard (2021-09-20). ""Little Girl," Reviewed: A Brilliantly Directed Documentary About a Transgender Child". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  10. Loayza, Beatrice (2021-09-16). "'Little Girl' Review: Growing Up and Seeking Peace". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  11. Nicholson, Rebecca (2023-01-31). "Casa Susanna review – this portrait of queer life in an era of illegality is incredibly moving". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  12. Wilkinson, Amber. "'Casa Susanna': Venice Review". Screen. Retrieved 2023-10-14.


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