Pascale Ferran

Ferran also wrote the screenplay for The Red Turtle, an animated film by Michael Dudok de Wit, that competed in the Hawaii International Film Festival on 12 November 2016.

Pascale Ferran studied at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques and La Fémis. The recorded working language is French. Work by Pascale Ferran is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Louis Delluc Prize, César Award for Best Adaptation, César Award for Best Film and Officer of Arts and Letters.

• Name — Pascale Ferran • Born — 17 April 1960 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1983–present • Parents — Jacques Ferran (father)

Pascale Ferran was born on April 17, 1960, in Paris, France. Her father was sports journalist Jacques Ferran. From a young age she was involved in cinema, operating the film club at her high school. From 1980 to 1983 she attended IDHEC, which is now known as the prestigious La Fémis.

Ferran helped to write the documentary Mange ta soupe by Mathieu Amalric, which was released in 1997. Shortly after, in 1998, Ferran wrote, filmed, and directed Quatre jours à Ocoee ', a documentary about a jazz music record. Released in 2000, this documentary was filmed in Florida. Around this time Ferran also wrote Paratonerre which, due to funding, has never been released. In 1999 Ferran directed a film dubbing of Stanley Kubrick's 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut.

In 2002 Ferran appeared, as herself, in Romain Goupil's documentary Une Pure Coïncidence. To date, Ferran is politically conscious and frequently defending and advocating for workers' rights in the film industry, as well as the rights of illegal immigrants. She was in Calais, France in August 2016 when a group of migrants attacked vehicles and wrote to testify on behalf of the migrants. Ferran co-founded LaCinetek in 2015, alongside directors Laurent Cantet and Cédric Klapisch.

• Year — Film — Credited as — Notes • Director — Screenwriter • 1980 — Anvers — Yes — Yes — Short film; co-screenwriter • 1983 — Souvenir de Juan-Les-Pins — Short film; co-screenwriter • 1983 — Il ne faut jurer de rien — Short film • 1986 — Guardian of the Night • 1989 — Blancs cassés • 1989 — Les Cinéphiles 2 - Eric a disparu • 1989 — Un dîner avec M. Boy et la femme qui aime Jésus — Yes — Short film; co-screenwriter/dialogist • 1990 — The Kiss (Le Baiser) — Yes — Short film; co-screenwriter Nominated—Short Film Palme d'Or • 1992 — The Sentinel • 1994 — Coming to Terms with the Dead (Petits Arrangements avec les Morts) — Co-screenwriter/dialogist Bayard d'Or for Best Film Winner–Caméra d'or Award, Cannes Film Festival, 1994 Nominated—César Award for Best First Feature Film • 1996 — The Age of Possibilities (L'Âge des Possibles) — Co-screenwriter/dialogist 7 d'Or for Best Director - Fiction 7 d'Or for Best Telefilm Winner–Fipresci Award, Venice Film Festival • 1997 — Mange ta soupe • 2000 — Quatre jours à Ocoee — Yes — Yes — Documentary filmed in 1998 • 2006 — Lady Chatterley — Co-screenwriter/ adaptor/dialogist Winner–César Award for Best Film Winner–César Award for Best Adaptation (shared with Roger Bohbot and Pierre Trividic) Winner–Louis Delluc Prize Winner–Lumière Award for Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best Director Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Film • 2014 — Bird People — Nominated—Louis Delluc Prize Nominated–César Award for Best Music, 2015 Nominated–César Award for Best Sound, 2015 Co-screenwriter/adaptor/dialogist • 2016 — The Red Turtle — Co-screenwriter

Pascale Ferran is recorded as having received Louis Delluc Prize, César Award for Best Adaptation and César Award for Best Film.

As a director and screenwriter, Ferran has also participated in a number of film festivals. She showed a new film at the 4th annual French Film Festival UK in 1996 and, in 1997 at the 5th annual festival, presented Coming to Terms with the Dead with Pierre Trividic. In June 2014 Ferran also participated in the 12th Brussels Film Festival.

From 1990 to the present, Ferran has had a steady presence at the Cannes Film Festival. Her involvement in works that were screened at Cannes include: • 1990 directed The Kiss • 1992 credited as co-screenwriter for Arnaud Desplechin's The Sentinel • 1994 directed Coming to Terms with the Dead in the Cinémas en France category of the Cannes Film Festival and won the Caméra d'Or Award. • 2007 selected as the president and chair of the Un Certain Regard jury at the 60th annual Cannes Film Festival. • 2014 directed and wrote the screenplay for Bird People, which was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section of the festival.