Palcy, Euzhan

(January 13, 1958, Le Gros Morne, Martinique, France - )

   At age seventeen, she wrote and directed one of the first TV dramas of Martinique (The Messenger). She arrived in metropolitan France in 1975 and studied at the Sorbonne. She graduated with a mas­ter's degree in French literature, a master's degree in theater, a D.E.A. in art and archaeology, and film degree from the Louis Lumière School of Cinema. In 1982, she directed her first film, a comedy short. She recorded two song albums for children (Reg­gae Timoune; L'Ecole des Oiseaux). Other credit (as co-screenwriter, co-director): 1986 Dionysos, co-director with Jean Rouch).

 Filmography

1982 ◘ L'Atelier du Diable (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

1983 ◘ Rue Cases Nègres / UK: Black Shack Alley / USA: Sugar Cane Alley (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1989 ◘ A Dry White Season (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; USA)

        ◘ Siméon (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Comment vont les Enfants? / USA: How Are the Kids? (segment "Hassane"; France / Switzer­land / Colombia / Niger / Philippines / Russia / USA)

1994 ◘ Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History (documentary; also screenwriter, producer)

 Television Filmography

1975 ◘ The Messenger (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

1998 ◘ Ruby Bridges (also co-producer; USA)

1991 ◘ The Killing Yard (USA)

        ◘ Parcours de Dissidents (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Mariées de l'Isle Bourbon (2 X 90'; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)