- Moon, Sarah
- (November 17, 1941, Paris, France-)Born into a Jewish family, she fled France with her parents to take refuge in England during the German occupation of France. After studying drawing, she worked as a model from 1960 to 1966. A photographer since 1970, she directed about 150 commercials and authored several books, including Souvenirs improbables (Delpire, 1980), Sarah Moon (Pacific Press Service, Tokyo, 1984), Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Editions Grasset, 1986), Sarah Moon (Pacific Press, Tokyo, 1989), Vrais semblants (Delpire Editeur, 1991), Inventario (Editions de l'Université de Salamanque, 1997), Sarah Moon (Editions Nathan, 1999), Still (Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, 2000), Coïncidences (Delpire Editeur, 2001), Dansez, Dansez . . . (Editions Les Solitaires intempestifs, 2002), Circuss (Kahitsukan, Kyoto Modern Art Museum, 2003), L'Effraie (Kahitsukan, Kyoto Modern Art Museum, 2004), Le Fil rouge (Kahitsukan, Kyoto Modern Art Museum, 2005), and La Sirène d'Auderville (Kahitsukan, Kyoto Modern Art Museum, 2007). Other credit (as special still photographer): 1997 The Serpent's Kiss / Le Baiser du Serpent / Der Schlangenkuss (Philippe Rous-selot, France / UK / Germany).Filmography◘ Contre l'Oubli / Ecrire contre l'Oubli /Against Oblivion / Lest We Forget (documentary; segment "Augustine Eke, Nigéria")◘ Mississippi One (also co-screenwriter, France / Japan; shot in 1990)◘ Contacts◘ Lumière et Compagnie / Lumiere y compana (co-director; also co-cinematographer; France / Spain)◘ Henri Cartier-Bresson, Point d'Interrogation (documentary; short)2000 ◘ J'ai choisi cette Photo . . . (documentary; short)◘ There Is Something About Lilian (documentary; short)◘ Circuss (short; also screenwriter)◘ L'Effraie (short)2006 ◘ Le Fil rouge (short; also screenwriter, cinematographer, voice)◘ La Sirène d'Auderville (short)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.