Catherine Breillat (born July 13, 1948) is a filmmaker and director based in Paris. She is known not only for her films focusing on themes of sexuality, gender conflict and sibling rivalry, but also for her best-selling novels. Ms. Breillat has been the subject of controversy for her explicit depictions of sexuality and violence. In 2003 she cast the pornstar Rocco Siffredi in her film Anatomie de l'enfer (Anatomy of Hell). July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... , The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, with the skyscrapers of La Défense business district 5 kilometres behind. ... Rocco Siffredi (born Rocco Tano on May 4th, 1964 in Ortona Mare, Italy) is a former pornographic actor, now working as a director and producer of pornographic movies. ...

She is also a professor of auteur cinema at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where she conducts a summer workshop. The term auteur (French for author) is used to describe film directors (or, more rarely, producers) who are considered to be artists with their own unique vision. ... The European Graduate School (EGS) in Switzerland is a privately funded graduate school founded by the non-profit European Foundation of Interdisciplinary Studies (EGIS). ... Saas-Fee is a Swiss village and tourism centre in the Saas-Valley in the Wallis mountains. ...

In an interview with Sense of Cinema, she described David Cronenberg as another filmmaker she considers to have a similar approach to sexuality in film. David Cronenberg at Cannes 2002 David Paul Cronenberg OC (born March 15, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film director and occasional actor. ...

Filmography

• Une Vraie Jeune Fille (A Real Young Girl)
• Tapage Nocturne
• 36 Fillette (English title: Virgin)
• Sale Comme un Ange
• Parfait amour! (Perfect Love)
• Romance
• À ma sœur! (English title: Fat Girl)
• Brève Traversée (English title : Brief Crossing)
• Sex is Comedy
• Anatomie de l'enfer (Anatomy of Hell)

DVD cover 36 Fillette is a French movie starring Delphine Zentout and Oliver Parniere, directed by Catherine Breillat. ... Romance (Romance X) is a 1999 French movie written and directed by Catherine Breillat. ...

Stage plays

• Les Vêtements de mer

Bibliography

• Pornocratie
• Le Soupirail
• L'homme facile
• Tapage Nocturne

External links

• Catherine Breillat: Faculty website at the European Graduate School
• Catherine Breillat at The Internet Movie Database
• Catherine Breillat at SensesOfCinema.com
• Catherine Breillat at SensesOfCinema.com (interview)
• A Salon interview with Catherine Breillat