Claire Denis born 21 April 1946 is a French film director and screenwriter Her feature film Beau Travail 1999 has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s and of all time Other acclaimed works include Trouble Every Day 2001 35 Shots of Rum 2008 White Material 2009 High Life 2018 and Both Sides of the Blade 2022 the last of which won her the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival For her film Stars at Noon 2022 Denis competed for the Palme dOr at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival She won the Grand Prix sharing the award with Lukas Dhonts film Close Her work has dealt with themes of colonial and postcolonial West Africa as well as issues in modern France and continues to influence European cinematic identity Description above from the Wikipedia article Claire Denis licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia