Alice Winocour

Alice Winocour (born 13 January 1976) is a French screenwriter and director.

Life and career Winocour was born in Paris, France, to a Jewish family. After studying screenwriting at La Fémis, Winocour made three short films and wrote the script for Vladimir Perisic's film Ordinary People (released in 2009).

Winocour's first feature film, Augustine, based on the relationship between French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot and his patient Louise Augustine Gleizes, was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 as part of the Critics' Week. Her second directorial film Maryland was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Winocour also co-wrote the film Mustang with Deniz Gamze Ergüven. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.

She was named as a member of the jury of the Critics' Week section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Her 2019 film Proxima premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honourable mention from the Platform Prize jury.

Filmography Short film Year TitleDirectorWriter Notes 2003 Orphée Also as actress 2005 Kitchen 2007 Magic Paris 2009 Pina Colada

Feature film Year TitleDirectorWriter Notes 2008 Home Collaboration 2009 Ordinary People Collaboration 2012 Augustine 2015 Disorder 2015 Mustang 2019 Proxima 2022 Paris Memories (Revoir Paris) 2025 Couture

Awards and nominations Year Title Award/Nomination 2005 Kitchen Nominated—2005 Cannes Film Festival - Short Film Palme d'Or 2007 Magic Paris Cabourg Film Festival - Best Short Film DirectorLos Angeles Film Festival - Best Narrative Short 2012 Augustine Nominated—2012 Cannes Film Festival - Caméra d'OrNominated—César Award for Best First Feature FilmNominated—Stockholm International Film Festival - Bronze Horse for Best Film 2015 Disorder Nominated—2015 Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard 2015 Mustang César Award for Best Original ScreenplayNominated—Lumière Award for Best Screenplay