Marie Vermillard is a French filmmaker and visual artist. After studying architecture, social work and visual arts, she worked as a script supervisor for directors including Olivier Assayas, Arnaud Desplechin, Cédric Klapisch and Agnès Merlet, before embarking on her own filmmaking career in 1992. Her work spans fiction, documentary and video installation, moving between cinematic forms and other artistic practices. Her feature films include Eau douce (1996), Lila Lili (1999), which screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, Imago (2001), presented at Locarno, and Petites révélations (2006), selected for Cannes. Alongside her filmmaking work, she teaches at La Fémis and leads workshops at Cours Florent, focusing on the relationship between the actor and the camera. At the 20th edition of LEFFEST, she presents Par 4 chemins, which is included in the Discoveries section.
