
Person
Franssou Prenant
Writing · Born 1952-11-08 · Paris, France
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.
Known for

Hélène Trésore Transnationale
Self

Paradis Perdu
Director
About the Conquest
Director

Paris, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big World
Myope / Lunettes

Half a Life
Editor

Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
1985

Bienvenue à Madagascar
Director

A Letter to L...
L.
Calle San Luis Potosi
Editor
Ipoustéguy, l'âge de la décision
Editor
Filmography
- 2026Hélène Trésore TransnationaleSelf
- 2022About the ConquestDirector
- 2017Bienvenue à MadagascarDirector
- 2012I Am Too Sexy for My Body, for My Bo-odyDirector
- 2007Le Jeu de l'oie du Professeur PoilibusDirector
- 2005Reviens et prends-moiDirector
- 2001Sous le ciel lumineux de son pays natalDirector
- 2000Paris, My Little Body Is Very Tired of This Big WorldMyope / Lunettes
- 2000Ipoustéguy, l'âge de la décisionEditor
- 1994A Letter to L...L.
- 1990Calle San Luis PotosiEditor
- 1988Je sais pas, je sais pasEditor
- 1987L'escale de GuinéeDirector
- 1985Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa
- 1983HabibiDirector
- 1982Half a LifeEditor
- 1981Histoire d’amour : Colombe et AvedisAssistant Director
- 1980Histoire d’une sculptureDirector
- 1975Paradis PerduDirector
- 1972Albertine ou Les Souvenirs parfumés de Marie-RoseAlbertine
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