# Sólveig Anspach

Sólveig Anspach (8 December 1960 – 7 August 2015) was an Icelandic-French film director and screenwriter. Born to a German-Romanian father Gerhard Anspach and an Icelandic mother Högna Sigurðardóttir, she spent most of her life living and working in France. After studying philosophy and clinical psychology in Paris, she enrolled in La Fémis and graduated with a diploma in directing in 1989. Her film Stormy Weather was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. Anspach died of breast cancer on 7 August 2015 at the age of 54.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | Title | Director | Screenwriter | Notes |
| 1988 | La Tire | Yes | | Documentary film |
| 1989 | Par amour | Yes | | Documentary short film |
| 1990 | Les Îles Vestmannaeyar | Yes | | Documentary short film |
| 1991 | Sandrine, une autre vie | Yes | | Documentary short film |
| 1991 | Le Chemin de Kjölur | Yes | | Documentary short film |
| 1992 | Sandrine à Paris | Yes | | Documentary film |
| 1993 | Vizir et Vizirette | Yes | | Short film |
| 1995 | Le Toucher | Yes | | Documentary film Part of Allô la Terre series |
| 1995 | Les Loups | Yes | | Documentary film Part of Allô la Terre series |
| 1995 | Bonjour, c'est pour un sondage | Yes | | Documentary film |
| 1995 | Sarajevo, paroles de casques bleus | Yes | | Documentary film |
| 1995 | Bistrik, Sarajevo | Yes | | Documentary short film |
| 1996 | Les Origines | Yes | | Documentary film Part of Allô la Terre series |
| 1997 | Le Théâtre des Marionnettes | Yes | | Documentary film Part of Allô la Terre series |
| 1997 | Barbara, you're not guilty... | Yes | | Documentary film |
| 1998 | Que personne ne bouge ! | Yes | | Documentary film |
| 1999 | Haut les cœurs! | Yes | Yes | Flanders International Film Festival Ghent - Best Director Nominated—César Award for Best First Feature Film |
| 2001 | Made in the USA [fr] | Yes | Yes | Documentary film 2001 Cannes Film Festival - François Chalais Prize |
| 2001 | Reykjavik, des elfes dans la ville | Yes | | Documentary short film |
| 2002 | La Revue Deschamps Makeïef | Yes | | Documentary film |
| 2003 | Stormy Weather | Yes | Yes | Nominated—2003 Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard |
| 2004 | Les Européens | Yes | | Segment: Jane by the Sea |
| 2004 | Faux tableaux dans vrais paysages islandais | Yes | | Documentary film |
| 2005 | Le Secret | Yes | | Documentary film |
| 2006 | Manon, Montreuil-sous-Bois, France | Yes | | Documentary film |
| 2006 | Didda, Reykyavik, Islande | Yes | | Documentary film |
| 2008 | Skrapp út (Back Soon [fr]) | Yes | Yes | Locarno International Film Festival - Variety Piazza Grande Award |
| 2009 | Christine | Yes | Yes | Documentary short film |
| 2010 | The Rebel, Louise Michel | Yes | Yes | Telefilm |
| 2010 | Anne et les tremblements | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2012 | Queen of Montreuil | Yes | Yes | Reykjavík International Film Festival - Audience Award 69th Venice International Film Festival - Lina Mangiacapre Award |
| 2013 | Lulu femme nue | Yes | Yes | Nominated—César Award for Best Adaptation |
| 2016 | L'Effet aquatique | Yes | Yes | Cannes Film Festival - SACD Award (Directors' Fortnight) César Award for Best Original Screenplay |