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User:Prairie janelle/Sophie Reine

Prairie janelle/Sophie Reine
NationalityFrançaise
Occupation(s)Monteuse, Scénariste, Réalisatrice
Websitehttp://sophiereine.fr/

Sophie Reine, is a French editor, scriptwriter and director.

biography edit

Sophie Reine discovers cinema through the technique of editing when she was 16. Fascinated by this profession, barely graduated, she went through ESRA, then Paris 8 while looking for mentors.

Training edit

She began her career by the side of Hervé Schneid, and  was the assistant of Martine Giordano. In parallel, she studied scriptwriting at the Gobelins in Paris, France. She is renowned for her original vision and sense of analysis of the storyline.

Professional career edit

As soon as a project looks exciting, she puts all her energy into the service of the director, even when the editing takes place on the other side of the world.

La Chatte à deux têtes by Jacques Nolot), Une femme du monde by Cécile Ducrocq, comedy (J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster, by Samuel Benchetrit), biopic (Suprêmes, by Audrey Estrougo), animation movies (La fameuse invasion des ours en Sicile, by Lorenzo Mattotti), Conversation animée avec Noam Chomsky, by Michel Gondry), kurdisk western (My Sweet Pepper Land de Hiner Saleem)...

She worked in 2020 on THE EDDY, a Netflix series written by Damien Chazelle and Jack Thorne, by the side of the director Alan Poul.



In 2009, she won the French Oscar for editing THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, directed by Remi Bezançon.   

In parallel with her work as an editor, she writes and directs her own projects. 

Supported by producer Isabelle Grellat (Mandarin Cinema), she directed a short film Jeanine ou mes parents n'ont rien d'exceptionnel.

In 2015, still in collaboration with Isabelle Grellat and Éric and Nicolas Altmayer (Mandarin Cinema), she directed her first feature film THE FABULOUS PATAR, whose the starting point is autobiographical. It's about a non-standard mono-parental family that the authorities tried to keep in line. « Fighting stereotypes AND accepting the differences» are her recurrent themes, close to her heart.The main actors are, among others, Gustave Kervern, Camille Cottin, Héloïse Dugas and Franck Gastambide.

The critics and the public very well received the movie.

She was nominated for the French Oscar (Cesar) at the FIRST FILM competition in 2017


IN 2021, Sophie co-directed the first French DISNEY + SERIES «WEEKEND FAMILY ».

She is working on adapting two novels« GOING UNDER », with CHAPKA FILMS ET WINDY PRODUCTIONS and «CHAMPION ».

This year, she worked for the second time with Ira Sachs on PASSAGES (with Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw & Adèle Exarchopoulos), selected in SUNDANCE 2023.

And Her next editing project is TOUT VA BIEN, a DISNEY +  series written by Camille de Castelnau.

filmography edit

As editor edit

Short-movies edit

  • 1997 : In vino veritas de Franck Calderon, Karé Productions
  • 1997 : Ra de Patrick Bittar, Azalé
  • 1997 : L'Île aux trésors de Louise Thermes, Local Films
  • 1997 : Supplica de Franck Llopis, Big-Bang Productions
  • 1998 : Générique de Xavier de Choudens, Loreleï
  • 1998 : Jour de chance de Roger Walter, Lunik Productions
  • 1998 : Les Mains de Violeta de Lucia Sanchez, Local Films
  • 1999 : Tête-à-tête de Jean-Marc Brondolo, Magouric Productions
  • 1999 : Les pierres qui tombent du ciel d’Isabelle Ponnet, Eolis Productions
  • 2000 : C'est pas si compliqué de Xavier de Choudens, Loreleï
  • 2000 : Pique-nique de Éric Théobald, Agence BJP
  • 2000 : Les Brigands de Jérôme Le Maire, Audience(s) - Collection Lazennec Tout Court
  • 2001 : HK de Xavier de Choudens, Agat Films & Cie - Ex Nihilo
  • 2002 : Le Secret de Lucie de Louise Thermes, Paris-Brest Productions
  • 2002 : À ta place d’Agathe Teyssier, 4 A 4 Productions
  • 2002 : Il était une "foi" de Natalie Aussant, 7ème Heart Productions
  • 2002 : Les tiqueurs de Philippe Locquet, Extravaganza
  • 2003 : Mitterrand est mort d'Hedi Sassi, Capharnaüm Production
  • 2003 : Paraboles de Rémi Bezançon, Mandarin Production
  • 2005 : 00h17 de Xavier de Choudens, Agat Films & Cie - Ex Nihilo
  • 2005 : Les Voiliers du Luxembourg de Nicolas Engel, Les Films du Bélier
  • 2005 : Les Volets de Lyèce Boukhitine, Les Fées Productions
  • 2009 : Les Filles d’Anna Mouglalis, Sofilles Productions 

Features films edit

Télévision/platforms edit

As director edit

Prices edit

Notes et références edit


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