Lisa Azuelos

Lisa Azuelos (born Elise-Anne Bethsabée Azuelos; 6 November 1965) is a French director, writer, and producer. She is the daughter of singer Marie Laforêt.

Biography

Lisa Azuelos is the daughter of French singer and actress Marie Laforêt and of Judas Azuelos, a Moroccan Jew of Sephardic descent. She has a younger brother and a step-sister, Deborah.

Her parents separated when she was 2 years old. Her mother kept her and sent her with her brother to a Swiss boarding school, "Les Sept Nains", where children were allegedly maltreated physically and mentally. Afterwards the two siblings were sent to live with someone in a small village in the department of Sarthe.

She stayed with her father since the age of twelve. That is the time she discovered his Sephardic heritage.

Lisa Azuelos was introduced to her future husband, film producer Patrick Alessandrin, by Luc Besson. The couple has three children, Carmen, Illan and Thaïs. They divorced after 11 years of marriage.

Lisa Azuelos has a film production company, which she named Bethsabée Mucho after her paternal great-grandmother Bethsabée.

Filmography Year Title Credited as NotesDirectorScreenwriterProducerActress 1993 Classe mannequin TV series 1995 Ainsi soient-elles Credited as Lisa Alessandrin 1996 La Femme rêvée Telefilm; credited as Lisa Alessandrin 2001 15 August Credited as Lisa Azuelos-Alessandrin 2002 Ti Amo Short 2005 Cavalcade 2006 Hey Good Looking! 2008 LOL (Laughing Out Loud) 2009 Victor 2010 Tout ce qui brille Co-producer 2012 LOL Executive producer 2012 Max 2014 Quantum Love 2014 Free the Nipple 2014 L’Enfer me ment Short 2015 14 Million Screams Short 2015 Noctambule Short 2015 One Wild Moment 2015 The Boss's Daughter 2017 Dalida 2019 Sweetheart