Amanda Sthers

Amanda Sthers studied at Lycée Carnot, Lycée Pasteur and École Internationale Bilingue- Victor Hugo School. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is literature, film direction and film screenwriter. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Prix Roman France Télévisions and Knight of the Legion of Honour.

• Name — Amanda Sthers • Birth Name — Amanda Queffélec-Maruani • Born — 18 April 1978 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Children — 2

Sthers is of Tunisian Sefardi and Breton origins. She has written ten novels which have been translated in more than 14 countries. Her first play, "Le Vieux Juif blonde" is today studied at Harvard University. Her play "Le Lien" has been performed in Paris and at the Avignon Festival in 2013, and was widely performed in Italy in 2016. Sthers wrote and directed the movie Je vais te manquer in which she directed Carole Bouquet, Michael Lonsdale, and Mélanie Thierry. In 2015, she wrote an adaptation of Les Terres Saintes / Holy Lands, which she later directed in English. Shooting took place during winter 2017 in Israel. At the 2017 Zurich Film Festival, Madame, a feature film that she wrote and directed in English was screened, starring Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel, and Rossy de Palma.

On 21 September 2004, Sthers married singer and actor Patrick Bruel. The two have two children, Oscar and Léon, who was born 28 September 2005. The couple separated in 2007. Sthers moved to Los Angeles with her two children in 2017 where she started a film production company.

• 2002: Caméra Café, TV series, writer • 2004: Ma place sur la photo, novel • 2005: Chicken Street, novel • 2006: Le vieux juif blonde, play with Mélanie Thierry, directed by Jacques Weber • 2006: Le chat bleu, l’alouette et le canard timide, children book, drawings by Pierre Cornuel, Grasset Jeunesse • 2007: Thalasso, play • 2007: Madeleine, novel • 2007: Les pt'its legumes, children book • 2008: Keith Me, novel, Stock • 2010: Les terres saintes, novel, Stock • 2010: Liberace, biography, Plon • 2011: Le carnet secret de Lili Lampion, children book, stage musical at the Théâtre de Paris • 2012: Rompre le charme, novel, Stock • 2012: Le lien, play • 2013: Dans mes yeux, Johnny Hallyday biography, Plon • 2013: Les érections américaines, essay, Flammarion • 2013: Mur, play • 2015: Les promesses, novel, Grasset • 2015: Conseil de famille, play, Théâtre de la Renaissance • 2017: Madame, feature film, writer and director • 2017: Holy Lands, feature film, writer and director • 2020: Lettre d’amour sans le dire, novel, Grasset • 2021: Promises, feature film, writer and director • 2022: Le café suspendu, novel, Grasset • 2023: Mafia Mamma, feature film, original story idea

Amanda Sthers was recorded at birth as Amanda Esther Maruani. She also worked under the name Amanda Sthers. The authorities additionally record the heading Amanda Quéffélec-Maruani. Her recorded language was French. She married Maurice Benguigui.

Amanda Sthers is recorded as having studied at Lycée Carnot, Lycée Pasteur and École Internationale Bilingue- Victor Hugo School.