Amanda Sthers

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, Sthers 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 Sthers has been given the title of "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" by the French government.

Works 2002: Caméra Café, TV series, writer 2004: Ma place sur la photo, novel 2005: Chicken Street, novel 2006: Le vieux juif blonde, play with Mélanie Thierry, directed by Jacques Weber 2006: Le chat bleu, l’alouette et le canard timide, children book, drawings by Pierre Cornuel, Grasset Jeunesse 2007: Thalasso, play 2007: Madeleine, novel 2007: Les pt'its legumes, children book 2008: Keith Me, novel, Stock 2010: Les terres saintes, novel, Stock 2010: Liberace, biography, Plon 2011: Le carnet secret de Lili Lampion, children book, stage musical at the Théâtre de Paris 2012: Rompre le charme, novel, Stock 2012: Le lien, play 2013: Dans mes yeux, Johnny Hallyday biography, Plon 2013: Les érections américaines, essay, Flammarion 2013: Mur, play 2015: Les promesses, novel, Grasset 2015: Conseil de famille, play, Théâtre de la Renaissance 2017: Madame, feature film, writer and director 2017: Holy Lands, feature film, writer and director 2020: Lettre d’amour sans le dire, novel, Grasset 2021: Promises, feature film, writer and director 2022: Le café suspendu, novel, Grasset 2023: Mafia Mamma, feature film, original story idea