Claire Denis (/ d ə ˈ n iː /; French:; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film Beau Travail (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s and of all time.

Claire Denis. Director: High Life. The films of Claire Denis frequently explore the fragile connections between people and the ways in which the most seemingly inconsequential relationship can have life-changing effects.

A key member of the new wave of female French directors, Claire Denis toiled for more than 10 years as an assistant director before winning international acclaim with her first feature film,...

May 21, 2018 · Denis’s films can be hard to find in the United States, but she is beloved by many young American filmmakers for, among other things, her artful confrontations with race.

Apr 10, 2019 · Claire Denis, director/co-writer of “High Life.” © 2013 ALCATRAZ FILMS / WILD BUNCH / ARTE FRANCE CINEMA / PANDORA PRODUKTION. “It took a few days for us, the crew and the actors, to forget that we were on a set in …

Sep 27, 2018 · Whether she’s examining the ramifications of colonialism, familial tensions, or the poetics of sensuality and desire, Claire Denis has consistently released defiant, fearless, and controversial...

Aug 23, 2022 · Known for her unflinching, overtly sensual, often confrontational style, Claire Denis has become one of the grande dames of French cinema and at the age of 76, she’s showing no signs of slowing down: her 16th movie, The Stars at Noon, has just premiered at Cannes.

Mar 18, 2019 · Claire Denis is Wim Wenders' assistant for Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire, then Jim Jarmusch assistant for Down by Law. Her first feature film, Chocolate, is a tale of the end of the colonial era in Africa. The film is largely inspired by the filmmaker's childhood memories.

Jun 29, 2017 · Denis was born in 1946, the daughter of a French bureaucrat whose work brought her family to West Africa, where they moved frequently between countries during Denis‘s childhood. She returned to France after she and her sister contracted polio, and she became an avid film watcher at an early age.

A provocative director whose films offer richly textured, contemplative examinations of cross-cultural tensions and alienation, Claire Denis is one of French cinema’s most distinctive and humanistic storytellers.