French screenwriter, writer and playwright
Amanda Sthers
Sthers in 2014
Born Amanda Queffélec-Maruani
(1978-04-18 ) 18 April 1978 (age 46) Spouse
Children 2
Amanda Queffélec-Maruani (born 18 April 1978), known professionally as Amanda Sthers , is a French novelist , playwright , screenwriter and filmmaker .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Biography
Sthers is of Tunisian Sefardi and Breton origins. She has written ten novels which have been translated in more than 14 countries.[citation needed ]
Her first play, "Le Vieux Juif blonde" is today studied at Harvard University .[citation needed ] Her play "Le Lien" has been performed in Paris and at the Avignon Festival in 2013,[citation needed ] and was widely performed in Italy in 2016.[citation needed ]
Sthers wrote and directed the movie Je vais te manquer in which she directed Carole Bouquet, Michael Lonsdale, and Mélanie Thierry.[citation needed ]
In 2015,[citation needed ] she wrote an adaptation of Les Terres Saintes / Holy Lands , which she later directed in English.[ 4] Shooting took place during winter 2017 in Israel.[citation needed ]
At the 2017 Zurich Film Festival , Madame , a feature film that she wrote and directed in English was screened, starring Toni Collette , Harvey Keitel , and Rossy de Palma .
Personal life
On 21 September 2004, Sther married singer and actor Patrick Bruel . The two have two children, Oscar and Léon, who was born 28 September 2005. The couple separated in 2007.
Sthers moved to Los Angeles with her two children in 2017 where she started a film production company.
Awards and honours
Works
2002: Caméra Café , TV series, writer
2004: Ma place sur la photo , novel (ISBN 2246659817 )
2005: Chicken Street , novel (ISBN 2246690714 )
2006: Le vieux juif blonde , play with Mélanie Thierry , directed by Jacques Weber (ISBN 2246717019 )
2006: Le chat bleu, l’alouette et le canard timide , children book, drawings by Pierre Cornuel, Grasset Jeunesse (ISBN 2246715814 )
2007: Thalasso , play
2007: Madeleine , novel
2007: Les pt'its legumes , children book (ISBN 978-2-916780-57-3 )
2008: Keith Me , novel, Stock (ISBN 978-2-234-06150-7 )
2010: Les terres saintes , novel, Stock (ISBN 9782234064225 )
2010: Liberace , biography, Plon (ISBN 978-2259211154 )
2011: Le carnet secret de Lili Lampion , children book, stage musical at the Théâtre de Paris
2012: Rompre le charme , novel, Stock
2012: Le lien , play
2013: Dans mes yeux , Johnny Hallyday biography, Plon (ISBN 978-2259218627 )
2013: Les érections américaines , essay, Flammarion
2013: Mur , play
2015: Les promesses , novel, Grasset
2015: Conseil de famille , play, Théâtre de la Renaissance
2017: Madame , feature film, writer and director
2017: Holy Lands , feature film, writer and director
2020: Lettre d’amour sans le dire , novel, Grasset
2021: Promises , feature film, writer and director
2022: Le café suspendu , novel, Grasset
2023: Mafia Mamma , feature film, original story idea
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