One of the most important names in French cinema today, François Ozon is a director and screenwriter whose films are often characterized by an acute satirical acumen and a liberal view of human sexuality. After studying directing at the famous French film school La Fémis, he made several short films. He made his feature debut in 1997, with Regarde la Mer, which was followed by Sitcom and Criminal Lovers. In 2000, with Water Drops on Burning Rocks, an adaptation of a play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, he won the Teddy Prize at the Berlin Festival. In the same year, he directed Under the Sand, starring Charlotte Rampling, and, in 2002, 8 Women, which brought together some of the most illustrious French actresses, such as Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Danielle Darrieux, Isabelle Huppert or Emannuelle Béart. Everything Went Fine marks his first collaboration with actress Sophie Marceau.