{{Short description|French film director and screenwriter}} {{BLP refimprove|date=July 2007}} {{Infobox person | name = Julie Gavras | birth_name = Eléna Julie Gavras | birth_date = | birth_place = Paris, France | occupation = Director, screenwriter | years_active = 1994–present | parents = {{plainlist| * Costa-Gavras (father) * Michèle Ray-Gavras (mother) }} | relatives = {{Plainlist| * Alexandre Gavras (brother) * Romain Gavras (brother) }} }} '''Julie Gavras''' is a French film director and screenwriter. She is known for her film ''Blame It on Fidel'' (2006).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/09/28/childs-view-softens-fidel-biases/|title=Child's view softens 'Fidel' biases|work=Chicago Tribune|first=Tasha|last=Robinson|date=September 28, 2007}}</ref>
==Life and career== Gavras started as an assistant director in Italy and France on commercials, television movies and feature films. She worked with directors such as Robert Enrico, Claire Devers, Jacques Nolot, Alexandre Jardin, Camille de Casabianca, Roberto Faenza and Michele Soavi. She also worked with her father Costa-Gavras on his 2002 World War II drama ''Amen.'', on which she served as an assistant director.
In 1998, she directed a short film called ''Oh les beaux dimanches!'' produced in Marseille by Comic Strip. Two years later, she directed her first documentary, ''From Dawn to Night: Songs by Moroccan Women''. It was based on a play by Alain Weber mounted at the Bouffes du Nord theater in Paris during the Festival d'Automne. It was broadcast on Arte. In 2002, her second documentary film was released theatrically in France: ''The Pirate, the Wizard, the Thief and the Children''. The film looks at a class of nine-year-olds who make a film at school.
Her first fiction feature film, ''Blame It on Fidel'', premiered at the Deauville American Film Festival in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/blame-it-on-fidel-1200513403/|title=Review: ‘Blame It on Fidel’|work=Variety|first=Lisa|last=Nesselson|date=September 14, 2006}}</ref> It was followed by ''Late Bloomers'', a romantic comedy film starring Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt, which was screened at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/biz/news/gaumont-inks-olive-deal-1118033637/|title=Gaumont inks Olive deal|work=Variety|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|date=March 9, 2011}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role(s) |- | 2002 | ''The Pirate, the Wizard, the Thief and the Children'' | Director, cinematographer |- | 2006 | ''Blame It on Fidel'' | Director, writer |- | 2011 | ''Late Bloomers'' | Director, writer |- | 2018 | ''Les Bonnes Conditions'' | Director, writer, cinematographer |- |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0310614}}
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