Actor

Franssou Prenant

Writing

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Movies: 10Series: 0Crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 1148304

IMDb ID: nm0695950

Known for: Writing

Born: November 8, 1952

Age: 73

Place of birth: Paris, France

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1972 - 2026

Years active: 55

Wikidata: Q6531996

Also known as

Françoise Prenant

Other jobs

Director (5)Editor (2)

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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.