Franssou Prenant
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- November 8, 1952
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
Biography
Franssou Prenant (born 8 November 1952 in Paris) is a French filmmaker, screenwriter, editor, actress and camera operator.
Prenant studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). In 1974, she played a young Native American woman in Marco Ferreri's Don't Touch the White Woman!. Her first short film, Paradis perdu, was released in 1975. In 1977 she served as script supervisor on Robert Bresson's The Devil, Probably. From 1982 onwards, she worked as an editor for Raymond Depardon, notably on Faits divers, a documentary for which she received a nomination for the César Award for Best Editing.
Her own films have been selected at numerous festivals in France and abroad, including IndieLisboa (Portugal), the Viennale (Austria), the IFFR (Netherlands), EntreVues - Festival du film de Belfort, Côté court, and Visions du Réel (Switzerland).
Her most recent film, De la conquête, was selected in 2022 at the Rencontres du cinéma documentaire de Montreuil, the États généraux du film documentaire de Lussas, and FIDMarseille.
Movies with Franssou Prenant
- Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa 1985 · ★ 7.4
- Paris, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big World 2000 · ★ 6.2
- A Letter to L... 1994 · ★ 6.2
- Albertine ou Les Souvenirs parfumés de Marie-Rose 1972 · ★ 5.0
- Hélène Trésore Transnationale 2026 · ★ 6.2
Movies directed by Franssou Prenant
- Paris, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big World 2000 · ★ 6.2
- Reviens et prends-moi 2005 · ★ 6.0
- Paradis Perdu 1975 · ★ 4.0
- About the Conquest 2022 · ★ 8.0
- L'escale de Guinée 1987 · ★ 7.0
- Habibi 1983 · ★ 8.0
- Sous le ciel lumineux de son pays natal 2001 · ★ 9.0
- Bienvenue à Madagascar 2017
- Histoire d’une sculpture 1980
- I Am Too Sexy for My Body, for My Bo-ody 2012
- Le Jeu de l'oie du Professeur Poilibus 2007