Kurys, Diane (1948–)
Kurys, Diane (1948–)
French director and screenwriter. Born Dec 3, 1948, in Lyons, France; dau. of Russian-Jewish immigrants; educated in Paris; married Alexandre Arcady (a director-producer).
Began career as an actress, spending some time with Jean-Louis Barrault's theater group, and also appearing in a series of films, including Pirès' Elle court, elle court la banlieu, Fellini's Casanova, and Dugowson's F … comme Fairbanks; started to write screenplays, finding a wealth of material in her own background; wrote autobiographical debut film, Diabolo Menthe (1978, Peppermint Soda), story of a rebellious schoolgirl, which won the Prix Louis Delluc as France's film of the year and was an international box-office hit; followed that with Cocktail Molatov (1980), drawn from experiences in Paris during May 1968 student revolt; her next film, the autobiographical Coup de Foudre (1983), retitled Entre Nous in US, was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Picture; also wrote and directed Un Homme Amoureaux (1987, A Man in Love), La-Baule-les-Pins (1990, C'est la Vie in US), Les Enfants du siÒcle (1999, The Children of the Century).