Berthaud, Fabienne

(August 5, 1965, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France - )

   She spent a few years of her childhood in Africa. Hav­ing returned to France at age eleven, she settled with her family in Paris. After completing her secondary studies, she attended drama courses and began per­forming with the Théâtre des 50 and playing in films (1983 La Politesse des Rois, short, Philippe Setbon; 1984 Claustro, short, Philippe Setbon; 1985 Gros Dégueulasse, Bruno Zincone; La Nut de Santa Claus, short, Vincent de Brus) and TV movies (1989 Tango, Philippe Setbon; Champagne Charlie, Allan Eastman, France / Canada; 1990 Les Jupons de la Révolution, episode "Talleyrand ou Les Lions de la Revanche", Vincent de Brus; Imogène, episode "Encore vous, Imogène", François Leterrier; 1993 Une Fois pour moi, Arnaud Sélignac). Author of novels (1994 Cafards, Editions Albin Michel; 1999 Moi par Exemple, Editions du Fleuve noir; Mal partout, Edi­tions du Seuil; 2004 Pieds nus sur les Limaces, Editions du Seuil), she turned a director in 1998. Other credit (as production designer): 2005 La Terre abandonnée / Sulanga Enu Pinisa / USA: The Forsaken Land (Vimukthija Jayasundara, France / Sri Lanka).

 Filmography

1998 ◘ Noël en Famille (short; co-director with Aruna Villiers; also screenwriter)

2005 ◘ Frankie (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, production designer, costume designer)

 Television Filmography

1999 ◘ Chambre No. 13 (episode "Chair en Vie")