She has written screenplays for a number of highly successful films including "Cousin, cousine", "La Boum", "Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre", "La Reine Margot" and "Jet Lag", which she also directed. She was nominated for the 1976 Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for "Cousin, cousine". Her 2006 film, "Fauteuils d'orchestre" was France's entrant for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. She is half Jewish from her father, and was on the 1986 Cannes Film Festival jury.