Obadia, Agnès

(March 20, 1963, Paris, France - )

   She spent some time at the University of Censier (cinema section) and landed a degree. She soon started working as an assistant researcher for a year with Sophie Tatischeff, who was making a 2 X 52' documentary on Jacques Tati. Then she met a bunch of young directors (Laurent Bénégui, Jean-Luc Gaget, Luc Pagès, Alain Beigel). She occasionally appeared in their movies (1994 Se pendre à son Cou; short, Jean-Luc Gaget; 1991 Un Type bien, Laurent Bénégui; 1995 Au Petit Marguery, Laurent Bénégui; 1997 Mauvais Genre, Laurent Bénégui; 2004 Qui perd gagne, Laurent Bénégui) and was occasionally a costume designer (1989 Les Petits Porteurs, short, Laurent Bénégui, also set decorator; 1995 Ada ne sait pas dire non, short, Luc Pages). She co-founded a film production com­pany with Bénégui (Magouric).

 Filmography

1989 ◘ Romaine, un Jour où ça va pas . . . (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Film de Vacances (short)

        ◘ Nanie, Gardienne d'une Forteresse (documentary; short)

        ◘ Romaine et les Garçons (short)

        ◘ Romaine et les Filles (short)

        ◘ Romaine (also screenwriter; actor, shot in 1993-1996)

2000 ◘ Du Poil sous les Roses (co-director, co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist with Jean-Julien Chervier)

 Television Filmography

2006 ◘ Mentir un peu (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor; shot in 2004)