Sólveig Anspach
Appearance
Sólveig Anspach | |
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Born | Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland | 8 December 1960
Died | 7 August 2015 Drôme, France | (aged 54)
Occupation(s) | Film director Screenwriter |
Years active | 1998–2015 |
Sólveig Anspach (8 December 1960 – 7 August 2015)[1] was an Icelandic-French film director and screenwriter. Born to a German-Romanian father Gerhard Anspach and an Icelandic mother Högna Sigurðardóttir, she spent most of her life living and working in France.[2] After studying philosophy and clinical psychology in Paris, she enrolled in La Fémis and graduated with a diploma in directing in 1989. Her film Stormy Weather was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.[3] Anspach died of breast cancer on 7 August 2015 at the age of 54.[4]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
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Director | Screenwriter | |||
1988 | La Tire | Yes | Documentary film | |
1989 | Par amour | Yes | Documentary short film | |
1990 | Les Îles Vestmannaeyar | Yes | Documentary short film | |
1991 | Sandrine, une autre vie | Yes | Documentary short film | |
1991 | Le Chemin de Kjölur | Yes | Documentary short film | |
1992 | Sandrine à Paris | Yes | Documentary film | |
1993 | Vizir et Vizirette | Yes | Short film | |
1995 | Le Toucher | Yes | Documentary film Part of Allô la Terre series | |
1995 | Les Loups | Yes | Documentary film Part of Allô la Terre series | |
1995 | Bonjour, c'est pour un sondage | Yes | Documentary film | |
1995 | Sarajevo, paroles de casques bleus | Yes | Documentary film | |
1995 | Bistrik, Sarajevo | Yes | Documentary short film | |
1996 | Les Origines | Yes | Documentary film Part of Allô la Terre series | |
1997 | Le Théâtre des Marionnettes | Yes | Documentary film Part of Allô la Terre series | |
1997 | Barbara, you're not guilty... | Yes | Documentary film | |
1998 | Que personne ne bouge ! | Yes | Documentary film | |
1999 | Haut les cœurs! | Yes | Yes | Flanders International Film Festival Ghent - Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best First Feature Film |
2001 | Made in the USA | Yes | Yes | Documentary film 2001 Cannes Film Festival - François Chalais Prize |
2001 | Reykjavik, des elfes dans la ville | Yes | Documentary short film | |
2002 | La Revue Deschamps Makeïef | Yes | Documentary film | |
2003 | Stormy Weather | Yes | Yes | Nominated—2003 Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard |
2004 | Les Européens | Yes | Segment: Jane by the Sea | |
2004 | Faux tableaux dans vrais paysages islandais | Yes | Documentary film | |
2005 | Le Secret | Yes | Documentary film | |
2006 | Manon, Montreuil-sous-Bois, France | Yes | Documentary film | |
2006 | Didda, Reykyavik, Islande | Yes | Documentary film | |
2008 | Skrapp út (Back Soon ) | Yes | Yes | Locarno International Film Festival - Variety Piazza Grande Award |
2009 | Christine | Yes | Yes | Documentary short film |
2010 | The Rebel, Louise Michel | Yes | Yes | Telefilm |
2010 | Anne et les tremblements | Yes | Yes | Short film |
2012 | Queen of Montreuil | Yes | Yes | Reykjavík International Film Festival - Audience Award 69th Venice International Film Festival - Lina Mangiacapre Award |
2013 | Lulu femme nue | Yes | Yes | Nominated—César Award for Best Adaptation |
2016 | L'Effet aquatique | Yes | Yes | Cannes Film Festival - SACD Award (Directors' Fortnight) César Award for Best Original Screenplay |
References
[edit]- ^ "La cinéaste Solveig Anspach, auteur de " Haut les cœurs ! " et " Lulu femme nue ", est morte". Le Monde. 8 August 2015.
- ^ Laurent Carpentier (21 January 2014). "Sólveig Anspach filme le bonheur en urgence". Le Monde. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Stormy Weather". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ^ "Sólveig Anspach Dies: French Filmmaker Was 54". Deadline Hollywood. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1960 births
- 2015 deaths
- Icelandic film directors
- Icelandic women film directors
- Icelandic screenwriters
- Icelandic documentary filmmakers
- French film directors
- French women film directors
- French women screenwriters
- French screenwriters
- French documentary filmmakers
- French people of German descent
- French people of Romanian descent
- Icelandic people of Romanian descent
- Icelandic people of German descent
- People from Vestmannaeyjar
- Deaths from breast cancer in France
- Women documentary filmmakers
- La Fémis alumni