Alice Winocour

• Name — Alice Winocour • Born — 13 January 1976 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 2003–present

Winocour was born in Paris, France, to a Jewish family. After studying screenwriting at La Fémis, Winocour made three short films and wrote the script for Vladimir Perisic's film Ordinary People (released in 2009). Winocour's first feature film, Augustine, based on the relationship between French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot and his patient Louise Augustine Gleizes, was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 as part of the Critics' Week. Her second directorial film Maryland was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Winocour also co-wrote the film Mustang with Deniz Gamze Ergüven. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. She was named as a member of the jury of the Critics' Week section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2019 film Proxima premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honourable mention from the Platform Prize jury.

Short film • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Notes • 2003 — Orphée — Also as actress • 2005 — Kitchen • 2007 — Magic Paris • 2009 — Pina Colada Feature film • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Notes • 2008 — Home — Collaboration • 2009 — Ordinary People — Collaboration • 2012 — Augustine • 2015 — Disorder • 2015 — Mustang • 2019 — Proxima • 2022 — Paris Memories (Revoir Paris) • 2025 — Couture