Liliane de Kermadec

Liliane de Kermadec

Known for

Directing

Born

October 6, 1928

Birthplace

Warsaw, Warszawskie [now Mazowieckie], Poland

Died

February 13, 2020 (aged 91)

Biography

Liliane de Kermadec (6 October 1928 – 13 February 2020) was a Polish-French film director and screenwriter, known for Aloïse (1975), La piste du télégraphe (1994) and Sophie et le Capitaine (1978). She directed more than twenty films and documentaries between 1965 and 2016.

Kermadec began as a set photographer, working with Agnes Varda on Cléo from 5 to 7, Alain Resnais on Muriel, and Yves Robert on Berbert and the Train. Her first two feature films, Home Sweet Home (1972) and Aloïse (1975), were both screened at Cannes Film Festival.

Best known work

Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo from 5 to 7
1962
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
1976
Muriel, or the Time of Return
Muriel, or the Time of Return
1963
News from Home
News from Home
1976
Bebert and the Train
Bebert and the Train
1963
Delphine and Carole
Delphine and Carole
2020
Les Culottes rouges
Les Culottes rouges
1962
Aloïse
Aloïse
1975
Riff Raff Girls
Riff Raff Girls
1959

Filmography

  1. 2020

    Delphine and Carole

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 2018

    Paris ou l’utopie perdue

    Camera Operator, Writer, Director

  3. 2016

    Le cri des fourmis

    Cinematography, Director

  4. 2011

    He Film

    Writer, Director

  5. 2009

  6. 2008

    Le Murmure Des Ruines

    Director, Writer, Cinematography

  7. 2008

  8. 2005

    L'histoire naturelle d'Armand David

    Cinematography, Director

  9. 2000

  10. 1995

  11. 1994

    The Telegraph Route

    Writer, Director

  12. 1986

  13. 1982

    Mersonne ne m'aime

    Adaptation, Director

  14. 1981

    Le petit Pommier

    Director, Writer

  15. 1980

    Grands mèresTV

    Director

  16. 1978

    Sophie et le Capitaine

    Director, Writer

  17. 1976

    News from Home

    Co-Producer

  18. 1976

  19. 1976

  20. 1975

    Aloïse

    Writer, Producer, Director

  21. 1973

    Home Sweet Home

    Writer, Director

  22. 1970

    Viva Varda!

    Director

  23. 1967

    La récré

    Writer, Director

  24. 1967

    The Young Girls of Rochefort

    as Nun (uncredited)

  25. 1965

    Qui donc a rêvé?

    Writer, Director

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