Amanda Sthers

Amanda Sthers

18.04.1978 (46 gadi)

Amanda Queffélec-Maruani (born April 18, 1978), known professionally as Amanda Sthers, is a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker.She has written ten novels which have been translated in more than 14 countries. Sthers has been given the title of "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" by the French government.Her first play, "Le Vieux Juif blonde" is today studied at Harvard University. Her play "Le Lien" has been performed in Paris and at the Avignon Festival in 2013, and was widely performed in Italy in 2016.Sthers wrote and directed the movie Je vais te manquer in which she directed Carole Bouquet, Michael Lonsdale, and Mélanie Thierry.In 2015, she adapted on screen Les Terres Saintes / Holy Lands which will be directed in English by the Canadian filmmaker Louise Archambault (director of Gabrielle). Shooting will take place during winter 2017 in Israel.At the 2017 Zurich Film Festival was screened Madame, a feature film that she wrote and directed in English, starring Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel, and Rossy de Palma.