# Audrey Diwan

Audrey Diwan (French pronunciation:; born 1980) is a French film director of Lebanese origin. Prior to becoming a film director, she worked as a journalist and a screenwriter. In 2021, her film Happening won the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in a "unanimous decision."

## Career

Before filmmaking, Diwan was a junior editor at Denoël as well as publishing various novels.
She wrote many books, which led her to become a screenwriter including How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits, Confessions d'un salaud, De l'autre côté de l'été, La fabrication d'un mensonge, Cléo de 5 à 7.
Her directorial debut film Losing It [fr] premiered in 2019.
Her 2021 film Happening was selected for the main competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it was subsequently awarded the Golden Lion, thus making her the sixth female director to ever win this award.

## Personal life

Diwan was in a relationship with French director Cédric Jimenez, with whom she had two children, born in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Diwan and Jimenez separated in 2018. On 29 September 2023, Diwan announced her engagement to film producer Thibault Gast, with whom she has been in a relationship since 2021.
She is a member of Collectif 50/50, a French NGO promoting equality between men and women in the film industry.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
| 2008 | De feu et de glace | No | Yes | TV movie |
| 2012 | Paris Under Watch | No | Yes | |
| 2014 | The Connection | No | Yes | |
| 2017 | The Man with the Iron Heart | No | Yes | |
| 2018 | (Girl)Friend | No | Yes | |
| 2019 | Losing It | Yes | Yes | |
| 2020 | BAC Nord | No | Yes | |
| 2021 | Happening | Yes | Yes | |
| 2023 | Just the Two of Us | No | Yes | |
| 2023 | Visions | No | Yes | Collaboration |
| 2024 | The Good Teacher | No | Yes | |
| 2024 | Beating Hearts | No | Yes |
| 2024 | Emmanuelle | Yes | Yes | Also producer |

## Awards and nominations

Throughout the course of her career, Audrey Diwan has been nominated for 25 films, 13 of which she has won. This includes winning all three awards she had been nominated for at the International Online Cinema Awards, winning Best Director as well as Best Adapted Screenplay two years in a row.
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2022 | British Academy Film Awards | Best Director | Happening | Nominated |
| 2022 | César Awards | Best Film | Happening | Nominated |
| 2022 | César Awards | Best Director | Happening | Nominated |
| 2022 | César Awards | Best Adaptation | Happening | Nominated |
| 2021 | European Film Awards | European University Film Award | Happening | Nominated |
| 2022 | Gotham Awards | Best International Feature | Happening | Won |
| 2015 | Lumières Awards | Best Screenplay | The Connection | Nominated |
| 2022 | Lumières Awards | Best Film | Happening | Won |
| 2022 | Lumières Awards | Best Director | Happening | Nominated |
| 2021 | Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion | Happening | Won |
| 2021 | Venice Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Happening | Won |
| 2021 | Venice Film Festival | Brian Award | Happening | Won |
| 2021 | Venice Film Festival | Arca CinemaGiovani Award: Venezia 78 Best Film | Happening | Won |