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Euzhan Palcy

Euzhan Palcy

Actor, Writer, Director

Born January 13, 1958 in Martinique, French West Indies

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Born January 13, 1958, in Martinique, French West Indies, Euzhan Palcy is a leader for black people, especially black women, in cinema. She is a screenwriter, producer and director. After studying the likes of Billy Wilder and Orson Welles and receiving a few degrees, including one from Louis Lumière College, she directed her first feature, Sugar Cane Alley (1983), in Paris for less than a million dollars. The film is about an impoverished black family making sacrifices for a young boy on a plantation in Martinique during the 1930s. It won numerous awards internationally, among them the César Award and the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion. Palcy's second feature, A Dry White Season (1989), explored the politics of South African apartheid, beckoning actor Marlon Brando to end his nine-year retirement to portray lawyer Ian McKenzie in it. With A Dry White Season, Palcy became the first black woman director produced by a major Hollywood studio. The film was banned in South Africa for a period of time. Brando's direction by Palcy earned him his final Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actor. This made Palcy the first director who is black to direct an actor to such an honor. Palcy has continued to produce and make films all the way into the 2010s.

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12 wins and 2 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

14

Type

Year

The Oscars Poster

The Oscars TV Special2023Self - Audience Member

Five Scenes: A Dry White Season Poster

Five Scenes: A Dry White Season Documentary2018Self

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women Poster

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women Documentary2014Self - Interviewee

Archipels Poster

Archipels TV Series2011Self

Ce soir (ou jamais!) Poster

Ce soir (ou jamais!) TV Series2006Self

Sisters in Cinema Documentary2003Self

Acapulco Black Film Festival Poster

Acapulco Black Film Festival Documentary2000Self

L'invité Poster

L'invité TV Series2000Self

Vivement dimanche Poster

Vivement dimanche TV Series1998Self

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid Poster

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid Documentary1994Self

Calling the Shots Poster

Calling the Shots Documentary1988Self

The Media Show Poster

The Media Show TV Series1987Self

La nuit des Césars Poster

La nuit des Césars TV Series1976Self - Winner

Today TV Series1952Self

Writer

10

Type

Year

The Brides of Bourbon Island Poster

The Brides of Bourbon Island Mini-Series2007

Parcours de dissidents Poster

Parcours de dissidents Documentary2006

Aimé Césaire, une voix pour l'histoire Poster

Aimé Césaire, une voix pour l'histoire TV Series1995

Siméon Feature Film1992

A Dry White Season Poster

A Dry White Season Feature Film1989

Dionysos Poster

Dionysos Feature Film1984

Sugar Cane Alley Poster

Sugar Cane Alley Feature Film1983

Bourg-la-folie Poster

Bourg-la-folie Feature Film1982

The Devil's Workshop Poster

The Devil's Workshop Short Film1982

The Messenger TV Movie1975

Director

11

Type

Year

The Brides of Bourbon Island Poster

The Brides of Bourbon Island Mini-Series2007

Parcours de dissidents Poster

Parcours de dissidents Documentary2006

The Killing Yard Poster

The Killing Yard TV Movie2001

The Wonderful World of Disney Poster

The Wonderful World of Disney TV Series1997

Aimé Césaire, une voix pour l'histoire Poster

Aimé Césaire, une voix pour l'histoire TV Series1995

Siméon Feature Film1992

How Are the Kids? Poster

How Are the Kids? Documentary1990

A Dry White Season Poster

A Dry White Season Feature Film1989

Sugar Cane Alley Poster

Sugar Cane Alley Feature Film1983

The Devil's Workshop Poster

The Devil's Workshop Short Film1982

The Messenger TV Movie1975

Producer

7

Type

Year

Moly Short Film2011

Zachry Short Film2009

The Wonderful World of Disney Poster

The Wonderful World of Disney TV Series1997

Aimé Césaire, une voix pour l'histoire Poster

Aimé Césaire, une voix pour l'histoire TV Series1995

Siméon Feature Film1992

The Devil's Workshop Poster

The Devil's Workshop Short Film1982

The Messenger TV Movie1975

2nd Unit / Asst Director

1

Ô Madiana Poster

Ô Madiana Feature Film1979

Music Department

1

Lien de parenté Poster

Lien de parenté Feature Film1986

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