Euzhan Palcy
French film director, screenwriter and film producer · France · On the map · Directors · Born 1958 · age 68
Euzhan Palcy is a Martinican film director, screenwriter, and producer. Her films are known to explore themes of race, gender, and politics, with an emphasis on the perpetuated effects of colonialism.
Euzhan Palcy is read about 53 times a day, in 16 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Joseph Zobel, l'Enfant de la Rue Cases-NègresFilm2022Academy Honorary AwardAward2018Women in Film HonorsAward2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenFilm2010Afro-Caribbean Arts TrophiesAward2008
Screenwriters on ScreenwritingFilm2007
The Brides of Bourbon IslandSeries, Director, Writer2006
Journey of the DissidentsFilm, Director, Writer2003Sisters in CinemaFilm2001
The Killing YardFilm, Director1998
Ruby BridgesFilm, Director1995
Aimé Césaire: A Voice for HistorySeries, Director, Writer1994Guggenheim FellowshipAward
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and ApartheidFilm, 19941992
How Are The Kids?Film, Director1990Candace AwardAward1989
A Dry White SeasonFilm, Director, Writer1988
Calling the ShotsFilm1984César AwardAwardCésar Award for Best First FilmAward1983Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film FestivalAwardSilver LionAward
Sugar Cane AlleyFilm, 1983Director, Writer1981
The Devil's WorkshopFilm, Director1975The MessengerFilm, Director, Writer1958Born13 January 1958People around Euzhan
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Marlon Brando Euzhan directed A Dry White Season (1989)
Susan Sarandon Euzhan directed A Dry White Season (1989)
Donald Sutherland Euzhan directed A Dry White Season (1989)
Alan Alda Euzhan directed The Killing Yard (2001)
Michael Gambon Euzhan directed A Dry White Season (1989)
Rose McGowan Euzhan directed The Killing Yard (2001)
Hugh Masekela Euzhan directed A Dry White Season (1989)
Jürgen Prochnow Euzhan directed A Dry White Season (1989)
Penelope Ann Miller Euzhan directed Ruby Bridges (1998)
Janet Suzman Euzhan directed A Dry White Season (1989)
Kevin Pollak Euzhan directed Ruby Bridges (1998)
Morris Chestnut Euzhan directed The Killing Yard (2001)
Michael Beach Euzhan directed Ruby Bridges (1998)- Ronald Pickup Euzhan directed A Dry White Season (1989)
Susannah Harker Euzhan directed A Dry White Season (1989)
Darling Légitimus Euzhan directed Sugar Cane Alley (1985)
Winston Ntshona Euzhan directed A Dry White Season (1989)
Jean-Yves Berteloot Euzhan directed The Brides of Bourbon Island (2007)- Zakes Mokae Euzhan directed A Dry White Season (1989)
Paul Brooke Euzhan directed A Dry White Season (1989)
Jocelyne Béroard Euzhan directed Siméon (1992)
Pascal Légitimus Euzhan directed Siméon (1992)
Smaïn Euzhan directed Siméon (1992)- Paula Weinstein Produced A Dry White Season (1989)
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 17
34 credits on file
Television 2
Media & music
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About this person
Palcy's first feature film Sugar Cane Alley received numerous awards, including the César Award for Best First Feature Film. With A Dry White Season (1989), she became the first black female director to have a film produced by a major Hollywood studio, MGM.
