Coline Serreau

Coline Serreau (born 29 October 1947 in Paris) is a French film director and writer.

In Paris Serreau studied literature, music and theatre as well as circus. In 1970 she made her debut as an actress at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, in 1973 she wrote her first screenplay.

Her first film , the documentary film Mais qu'est ce qu'elles veulent? (1978), literally: But what do they want, after all?, was a compilation of interviews with women from various backgrounds. The frankness of the statements shocked parts of the public.

Her biggest commercial success was the comedy Trois hommes et un couffin (Three Men and a Baby), for which she received three Césars in 1986.

In 1986 her first drama for the stage Lapin Lapin (Rabbit Rabbit) had its world premiere (Director: Benno Besson). She collaborated with Besson for several years and he also put on stage Le théâtre de verdure (1987) and Quisaitout et Grobêta (1993).

Filmography

• On s'est trompé d'histoire d'amour, 1974, screenplay and the role of Anne, directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli
• Pourquoi pas!, 1977,
• Mais qu'est ce qu'elles veulent?, 1978
• Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux!, 1982
• Three Men and a Baby (Trois hommes et un couffin), 1985, with Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, André Dussollier
• Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed (Romuald et Juliette), 1989, with Daniel Auteuil, Firmine Richard
• 3 Men and a Little Lady, 1990, screenplay, with Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson
• La Crise, 1992
• La Belle verte, 1996
• Chaos, 2001
• 18 ans après, 2003
• Saint-Jacques... La mecque, 2005

Literature

• Colville, G. "On Coline Serreau's Mais qu'est ce qu'elles veulent? and the Problematics of Feminist Documentary", French Cinema, Nottingham French Studies, vol. 32,1993, No.1, pp.84-89

External links

• Coline Serreau at the Internet Movie Database