Marie Amachoukeli

Marie Amachoukeli (born 16 July 1979), sometimes credited as Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq, is a French film director and screenwriter of Georgian descent. Her directorial debut Party Girl competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and won the Camera d'Or.

Biography The daughter of Franco-Georgian sculptor Goudji , sister of the publisher Stéphane Barsacq, and granddaughter of the playwright André Barsacq, Marie Amachoukeli studied at La Fémis.

She co-wrote the film Forbach with Claire Burger, which won an award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. She then co-directed C'est gratuit pour les filles with Burger, which was selected for the Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival and won the César Award for Best Short Film, followed by Demolition Party in 2013.

In 2014, she made her feature film directorial debut alongside Claire Burger and Samuel Theis with Party Girl. The film won the Caméra d'or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival as well as numerous international awards.

In 2017, she collaborated with Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka on I Want Pluto to Be a Planet Again, a black-and-white animated short film that was nominated for a César Award in 2018.

As a screenwriter, she has collaborated with directors such as Franco Lolli, Clément Cogitore, Guillaume Gouix, Cyprien Vial, and Julia Ducournau.

She served as a jury member for the Caméra d'or, chaired by Ursula Meier, during the 71st Cannes Film Festival in May 2018. The winning debut feature film was Girl by Lukas Dhont.

She is a member of the Collectif 50/50, an organization aimed at promoting gender equality and gender and sexual diversity in the film and audiovisual industries.

In 2020, the Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) granted her carte blanche along with Zabou Breitman and Michel Hazanavicius to create a new short format centered around archival footage.

In 2023, her feature film Àma Gloria was selected to open the Critics' Week parallel section at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography Year Title Credited as NotesDirectorScreenwriter 2005 Tantalus Short film 2006 La Traversée Short film 2007 L'Arbre d'Hugo 2007 Raymond TV series 2008 Madame Short film 2008 Forbach Short film 2009 It's Free for Girls Short filmCésar Award for Best Short Film 2010 La Femme à Cordes 2013 Demolition Party Short film 2014 Party Girl Camera d'Or (2014 Cannes Film Festival) (shared with Claire Burger and Samuel Theis)Cabourg Film Festival – Grand PrixPrix Jacques Prévert du Scénario for Best Original ScreenplayNominated—César Award for Best First Feature FilmNominated—European Film Award for European Discovery of the YearNominated—Lumière Award for Best First Film 2014 Young Tiger Storyline consultant 2019 Litigante Co-writer