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French screenwriter, writer and playwright
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Amanda Sthers
Sthers in 2014
BornAmanda Queffélec-Maruani
(1978-04-18) 18 April 1978 (age 46)
Paris, France
Spouse Patrick Bruel ​ ​(m. 2004; div. 2007)​
Children2

Amanda Queffélec-Maruani (born 18 April 1978), known professionally as Amanda Sthers, is a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker.

Biography

Sthers is of Tunisian Sefardi and Breton origins. She has written ten novels which have been translated in more than 14 countries.

Her first play, "Le Vieux Juif blonde" is today studied at Harvard University. Her play "Le Lien" has been performed in Paris and at the Avignon Festival in 2013, and was widely performed in Italy in 2016.

Sthers wrote and directed the movie Je vais te manquer in which she directed Carole Bouquet, Michael Lonsdale, and Mélanie Thierry.

In 2015, she wrote an adaptation of Les Terres Saintes / Holy Lands, which she later directed in English. Shooting took place during winter 2017 in Israel.

At the 2017 Zurich Film Festival, Madame, a feature film that she wrote and directed in English was screened, starring Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel, and Rossy de Palma.

Personal life

On 21 September 2004, Sther married singer and actor Patrick Bruel. The two have two children, Oscar and Léon, who was born 28 September 2005. The couple separated in 2007.

Sthers moved to Los Angeles with her two children in 2017 where she started a film production company.

Awards and honours

Works

References

  1. Balle, Catherine (28 September 2007). "Mme Bruel est irrésistible" [Mrs Bruel is irresistible]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  2. "Amanda Sthers: La belle et son amoureux officialisent lors du Festival de Cannes". Purepeople (in French). 16 May 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  3. "Amanda Sthers, célibataire et prête pour l'amour" [Amanda Sthers, single and ready for love]. Gala (in French). Prisma Média. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. "Holy Lands (2018)". IMDB. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  5. "Nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres juillet 2011". Ministère de la Culture (in French). 2011-08-11. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2024-07-20.

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