Marion Sarraut

Marion Sarraut (13 August 1938 – 12 July 2021) was a French film and theatre director.

Biography Born in Saigon in French Indochina, Marion was the granddaughter of former Prime Minister Albert Sarraut. She studied at the for three years, and subsequently participated in the creation of the magazine Cahiers du Cinéma. She spent a significant amount of time alongside the directors of the French New Wave, becoming a screenwriter and assistant director for the and Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier. For more than ten years, she directed the series , as well as children's shows such as L'Île aux enfants and . In the 1980s, she directed numerous telefilms.

Sarraut was a member of , which aims to promote gender equality and diversity in cinema and audiovisual. She was a member of the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique, as well as the . She was administrator of the Fondation Ostad Elahi,

Marion Sarraut died on 12 July 2021 at the age of 82.

Distinctions Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1987)

Filmography Actress Shoot the Piano Player (1960) A Woman Is a Woman (1961) Le Signe du Lion (1962)

Director Le Bel Indifférent (1978) (1980) (1981) Areu=MC2 (1982) (1983) (1985) Catherine (1986) (1987) (1989) (1991) Riviera (1991) Tout feu tout flamme (1994) (1994) Julie Lescaut (1995) Mourir d'amour (1995) (1995, 1997) (1996) (1996–2003) (1997) (1998) (1999) Toutes les femmes sont des déesses (2000) (2000) (2000) (2001) (2001) (2001) (2002–2004) (2004–2005) (2005) (2006–2007) (2009) Le Premier été (2014) (2015) La Sainte famille (2017)