Valérie Donzelli

Valérie Donzelli was born in Vosges and initially studied architecture. Her first film experience was Martha... Martha, by Sandrine Veysset, a film for which she won the Michel Simon Award. She also received awards in Florence and Torino for her acting in 7 years, directed by Jean Pascal Hattu. She has collaborated with French directors Anne Fontaine, Guillaume Nicloux, Agnès Varda, Alain Guiraudie, Delphine Gleize, Gilles Marchand, Viriginie Wagon, as well as many others. In 2007, she directed her first short film, Il fait beau dans la plus belle ville du monde, which was selected at The Directors' Fortnight in 2008.
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS is her first feature film. Since then, she shot Declaration of War, which participated in the Critic's Week at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011, and is the year's French submission to the Oscars' Best Foreign Language Film category.

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