Bercot, Emmanuelle

(November 6, 1967, Paris, France - )

   Trained as a dancer at the Serge Alzetta dancing school, she opted for stage, studied drama at the Ecole du Spectacle and the Cours Florent, and worked as actress for five or six years with such directors as Robert Hossein and Jean-Louis Tardieu. Seen in several movies (1991 Ragazzi, Mama Keïta; 1995 Etat des Lieux, Jean-François Richet; 1997 La Divine Poursuite, Michel Deville; 1998 Classe de Neige / UK festival: Class Trip, Claude Miller; 1999 Ça commence aujourd'hui / UK and USA: It All Starts Today, Bertrand Tavernier; Une pour toutes, Claude Lelouch; 2005 Camping sauvage / US DVD: Wild Camp, Fabien Onteniente; 2007 Enfances (segment "Le Regard d'un Enfant", Isild Le Besco), she enrolled in the Fémis in 1994.

   The following year, she made her directing debut shooting a documentary on Gypsies (True Romanès).

 Filmography

1995 ◘ True Romanès (documentary)

1997 ◘ Les Vacances (short; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ La Puce (short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Scénarios sur la drogue (segment "La Faute au Vent")

2001 ◘ Clément (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

        ◘ Quelqu'un vous aime . . . (short)

        ◘ A Poil! (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Backstage (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1999 ◘ Le Choix d'Elodie

2009 ◘ Suite noire (episode "Tirez sur le Caviste"; also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)