Director
Marguerite Duras
April 4, 1914 · Gia Định, Vietnam
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.
Duras was born Marguerite Donnadieu on 4 April 1914, in Gia Định, Cochinchina, French Indochina (now Vietnam). Her parents, Marie (née Legrand, 1877–1956) and Henri Donnadieu (1872–1921), were teachers from France who likely had met at Gia Định High School. They both had previous marriages. Marguerite had two brothers: Pierre, the older, and the younger Paul.
Often works with
Nicole Hiss
5 titles together
India Song, Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert, Destroy, She Said
Dionys Mascolo
5 titles together
India Song, Nathalie Granger, Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
Delphine Seyrig
4 titles together
India Song, Baxter, Vera Baxter, Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
Michael Lonsdale
4 titles together
India Song, Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert, Destroy, She Said
Gérard Depardieu
4 titles together
Baxter, Vera Baxter, Nathalie Granger, The Lorry
Françoise Lebrun
3 titles together
India Song, Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert, Woman of the Ganges
Full filmography · 29
Godard Cinema
cast
2023
Azuro
Writer
2022
The Children
Director and Writer
1985
Roman Dialogue
Director and Writer
1983
L’homme atlantique
as Narrator (voice) and Director and Writer
1981
Agatha and the Limitless Readings
as Narrator (voice) and Director and Writer
19816.3
La bête dans la jungle
Writer
1981
Le Navire Night
as (voice) and Director
19796.6
Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne)
Director and Writer
1979
Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver)
as Narrator (voice) and Director and Writer
1979
Baxter, Vera Baxter
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) and Director and Writer
19775.6
The Lorry
as elle and Director and Writer
19776.4