Sylvie Verheyde

Sylvie Verheyde (born 1967) is a French film director, actress, and screenwriter. Director The films Verheyde has directed include Un frère (1997), in which Emma de Caunes won a César Award for Most Promising Actress, Princesses (2000), Amour de Femme (2001), Stella (2008) and Confession of a Child of the Century (2011), starring Pete Doherty, which was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, Sex Doll (2016; she also wrote the screenplay for this film), and directed Madame Claude (2021). With Sylvie Ohayon, she co-wrote the screenplay of the 2021 film Haute Couture. The movies Stella (2008) and Stella In Love (2022) are both references to Verheyde's childhood. Sex Doll (2016) and Madame Claude (2021) are both movies about prostitution, again a topic close to Verheyde as her grandmother and one of her cousin were prostitutes.