21.04.1946 (78 years) (Paris, France)
Claire Denis (French: [dəni]; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and writer. Her feature film Beau Travail (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s and one of the best films directed by a woman. Other acclaimed works include Trouble Every Day (2001), 35 Shots of Rum (2008), White Material (2009), and High Life (2018).Her work has dealt with themes of colonial and post-colonial West Africa, as well as issues in modern France, and continues to influence European cinematic identity.