Coralie Fargeat

Coralie Fargeat (born 1976) is a French film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 2017 debut feature film Revenge.

Coralie Fargeat
Fargeat in 2018
Born1976
Paris
OccupationFilmmaker

Early life

Fargeat was born and raised in Paris.[1] She decided to be a filmmaker when she was 16 or 17 years old.[2] Fargeat studied at the Paris Institute of Political Studies before beginning work on film sets. She later completed a year-long director's workshop for continuing education at La Fémis, a prestigious cinema school in Paris.[1][2]

Fargeat lists David Cronenberg, John Carpenter, David Lynch, and Michael Haneke as filmmakers who have influenced her.[3]

Career

Fargeat's first short film Le télégramme was released in 2003, a film about two women awaiting a postman's delivery during World War II. The film won 13 awards at several film festivals.[1]

In 2007, Fargeat co-created Les Fées cloches [fr] with Anne-Elisabeth Blateaur, a comedy mini-series which she also directed.[4]

Fargeat released her short follow-up Reality+ in 2014. The sci-fi tale received a nomination for the Jury Award at the Tribeca Film Festival.[5]

Fargeat's debut feature film was Revenge, a feminist revenge thriller about a young woman assaulted and left for dead. The film had its world premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival in the festival's Midnight Madness section,[6] and was selected to be screened at 23 additional film festivals.[7]

Fargeat is a member and one of the founding signatories of Collectif 50/50, a group established with the purpose of working towards gender equality across the film industry.[8]

In February 2022, it was reported that Fargeat's next feature film will be The Substance, a feminist body horror film written by Fargeat and produced by Universal Pictures and Working Title Films. Production of the film, which stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Ray Liotta, will begin in May 2022.[9][10]

Fargeat also directed an episode of the upcoming Netflix series The Sandman.[11]

Filmography
Year Title Notes
2003 Le télégramme Short film
2007 Les Fées Cloches TV series; also creator
2014 Reality+ Short film
2017 Revenge
2022 The Sandman 1 episode
TBA The Substance

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2004 Amiens International Film Festival Prix des Enfants de la Licorne Le télégramme Won
2005 Fajr International Film Festival International Competition - Best Short Narrative Film Won
2015 Corti Da Sogni Antonio Ricci International Short Film Festival European Sogni Award Reality+ Won [12]
2016 Tribeca Film Festival Jury Award for Best Narrative Short Nominated [5]
2017 Sitgès Film Festival Best Director Revenge Won [13]
Citizen Kane Award for Best New Director Won
Monster Fest Best International Feature Won [14]
2018 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival The Best of Bucheon Award Won [15]
Calgary Underground Film Festival Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature Won [16]
Cleveland International Film Festival New Direction Competition Nominated [17]
ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman Nominated
2019 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Director Nominated [18]
Best Limited Feature Nominated

See also

References
  1. "Coralie Fargeat". Academy Films. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  2. "Rencontre avec Coralie Fargeat, la réalisatrice du très énervé Revenge". EcranLarge.com (in French). 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  3. "Director Coralie Fargeat Talks Obsession, Inspirations, and 'Revenge'". Film School Rejects. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  4. Carré d'art : Byron, Barbey d'Aurevilly, Dalí, Hallier, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Anagramme Editions, 2008, p. 143. ISBN 978-2-35035-189-6
  5. "Reality + | 2016 Tribeca Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  6. Erbland, Kate (2017-09-13). "'Revenge': Inside the TIFF Midnight Madness Premiere So Intense That Paramedics Were Called". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  7. "REVENGE". monsite (in French). Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  8. "Les signataires | Collectif 5050". collectif5050.com. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  9. Fleming, Mike Jr. (2022-01-31). "Demi Moore & Margaret Qualley To Star In Universal/Working Title's 'The Substance'; 'Revenge' Helmer Coralie Fargeat Directs Her Script". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  10. Fleming, Mike Jr. (2022-02-15). "Ray Liotta Joins Demi Moore & Margaret Qualley In Coralie Fargeat's The Substance'". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  11. "Coralie Fargeat Directing "The Substance" for Universal, Demi Moore & Margaret Qualley to Star". womenandhollywood.com. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  12. "European Sogni Award – 2015" (in Italian). 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  13. "The fantastic fable 'Jupiter's Moon' wins Sitges 2017 - Sitges Film Festival - Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya". sitgesfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  14. "MONSTER FEST Announces 2017 Award Winners!". Monster Fest. 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  15. "Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival". BIFAN. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  16. "2018 Awards - Calgary Underground Film Festival". www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  17. "Revenge - Cleveland International Film Festival :: March 30 - April 10, 2022". www.clevelandfilm.org. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  18. "Fangoria Resurrects the Chainsaw Awards Celebrating the Horror Movies Oscar Missed". MovieWeb. 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2021-12-07.

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