Audrey Diwan


Audrey Diwan is a French film director. Prior to becoming a film director, she worked as a journalist and a screenwriter. In 2021, her film Happening won the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in a "unanimous decision."

Career

Before filmmaking, Diwan was a junior editor at Denoël as well as publishing various novels.
She has written many books, which led her to become a screenwriter including How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits, ''Confessions d'un salaud, De l'autre côté de l'été, La fabrication d'un mensonge, Cléo de 5 à 7.
She has also held senior positions in editorial offices for various fashion and culture magazines such as Glamour and Stylist.
Her directorial debut film '' premiered in 2019.
Her 2021 film Happening was selected for the main competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it was subsequently awarded the Golden Lion, thus making her the sixth female director to ever win this award.

Personal life

Diwan was in a relationship with French director Cédric Jimenez, with whom she had two children, born in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Diwan and Jimenez separated in 2018. On 29 September 2023, Diwan announced her engagement to film producer Thibault Gast, with whom she has been in a relationship since 2021.
She is a member of Collectif 50/50, a French NGO promoting equality between men and women in the film industry.
Diwan is of Lebanese and Romanian descent.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Throughout the course of her career, Audrey Diwan has been nominated for 25 films, 13 of which she has won. This includes winning all three awards she had been nominated for at the International Online Cinema Awards, winning Best Director as well as Best Adapted Screenplay two years in a row.
YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2022British Academy Film AwardsBest DirectorHappeningNomitated
2022César AwardsBest FilmHappeningNomitated
2022César AwardsBest DirectorHappeningNomitated
2022César AwardsBest AdaptationHappeningNomitated
2021European Film AwardsEuropean University Film AwardHappeningNomitated
2022Gotham AwardsBest International FeatureHappeningWon
2015Lumière AwardsBest ScreenplayThe ConnectionNomitated
2022Lumière AwardsBest FilmHappeningWon
2022Lumière AwardsBest DirectorHappeningNomitated
2021Venice Film FestivalGolden LionHappeningWon
2021Venice Film FestivalFIPRESCI PrizeHappeningWon
2021Venice Film FestivalBrian AwardHappeningWon
2021Venice Film FestivalArca CinemaGiovani Award: Venezia 78 Best FilmHappeningWon