西尔维·皮亚拉

Sylvie Pialat co-wrote several films directed by her husband, Maurice Pialat, including Police and Van Gogh; she also wrote the adaptation of Georges Bernanos’ novel Under the Sun of Satan (Palme d’Or - Cannes 1987). After Maurice Pialat’s death in 2003, after 21 years living and making films together, she created Les films du Worso.

In 20 years, Sylvie Pialat has produced over fifty feature films, working with directors from all over the world, such as Guillaume Nicloux, Alain Guiraudie, Joachim Lafosse, Abderrahmane Sissako, Julie Gavras, Franco Lolli, Aude Léa Rapin, Céline Devaux, Cédric Kahn, Xavier Beauvois, Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine, as well as Corneliu Porumboiu. Over twenty films have been selected in Cannes, and two received Oscars nominations: Timbuktu (International Feature, 2015) and Robot Dreams (Animated Feature, 2024).

After being the President of the Côté Court Film Festival in Pantin (Paris region) from 2006 to 2015, she was made Honorary President. Two years in a row - in 2014 and 2015 - she was awarded a Daniel Toscan du Plantier Prize for Best Producer by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma (César).