Coline Serreau


Director, Screenwriter

About

Birth Place
Paris, FR

Biography

Versatile figure of French theater, film and TV, who gained international recognition with her witty and wise gender comedy, "Three Men and a Cradle" (1985). Written and directed by Serreau, the film won two Cesars (the French Oscar) and was remade with great commercial success in America as "Three Men and a Baby" (1987). Many of Serreau's films, including the feature-length documentary,...

Biography

Versatile figure of French theater, film and TV, who gained international recognition with her witty and wise gender comedy, "Three Men and a Cradle" (1985). Written and directed by Serreau, the film won two Cesars (the French Oscar) and was remade with great commercial success in America as "Three Men and a Baby" (1987). Many of Serreau's films, including the feature-length documentary, "But What Do These Women Want?" (1977), center on the situation of women in contemporary French society.

Life Events

1973

Film screenwriting and acting debut, "On s'est trompe d'histoire d'amour"

1977

Directorial debut, "Why Not?" (Also wrote)

Family

Jean-Marie Serreau
Father
Stage director.

Bibliography