Azuelos, Lisa

(November 6, 1965, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )

   The daughter of actress Marie Laforêt, she briefly worked as an assistant art director (1989 Monsieur Hire / UK and USA: Monsieur Hire, Patrice Leconte) before shooting a short in 1990. She co-directed her first feature film with her former husband Patrick Alessandrin, for whom she also wrote the screen­play and the dialogue of 15 Août (as Lisa Azuelos-Alessandrin, 2001). She authored an essay (2004 Manuel à l'Usage des Filles qui auraient dû dire non, Edi­tions Pictorus) and two novels (2005 Le Bras blanc, Editions Jean-Claude Lattès; 2008 Eloge du Silence pendant l'Amour, Editions Plon) and created her own production company, Waf Production.

 Filmography

1990 ◘ Bural (short)

1995 ◘ Ainsi soient-elles / Mujeres a flor de piel (as Lisa Alessandrin; co-director with Patrick Alessan-drin; also co-screenwriter, uncredited actor; France / Spain; shot in 1993)

2002 ◘ Ti amo (short; also screenwriter, delegate producer, actor)

2006 ◘ Comme t'y es belle (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / UK / Luxembourg / Belgium)

2009 ◘ Lol (also screenwriter, dialogist)