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Catherine Breillat

Catherine Breillat (born July 13, 1948) is a filmmaker and director based in Paris. She is known not only for her documentary filmwork focusing on sexuality, gender trouble and sibling rivalry, but also for her best-selling novels.

Catherine Breillat is also a professor of auteur cinema at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where she conducts a summer workshop.

Ms. Breillat is somewhat controversial for her explicit depiction of sexuality. In 1999 she cast the pornstar Rocco Siffredi in Romance.

Filmography

  • Virgin (36 Fillette)
  • Perfect Love
  • Romance
  • Fat Girl
  • Sex is Comedy
  • A Real Young Girl
  • Anatomy of Hell

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Catherine Breillat Facts

OccupationDirector
BirthdayJuly 13, 1948 (60)
SignCancer
BirthplaceFrance

Selected Filmography

Romance
Fat Girl
Brief Crossing
Perfect Love
Sex Is Comedy
A Real Young Girl
36 Fillette
Anatomy of Hell
Anatomie de l'Enfer
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