Léonor Graser

Léonor Graser (born in 1984 in Paris, France) is a French actress, scriptwriter and film director.

Graser is the daughter of Antoine Silber and Catherine Belkhodja, the Franco-Algerian actress and journalist of Kabyle and Turco-Mongol descent, the fourth child in a family of five. One of her sisters, Maïwenn Le Besco, is also an actress and film director. Her brother Jowan Le Besco, partner to Catherine Deneuve in Princesse Marie and documentary maker, was chief cameraman in Demi-tarif and Charly, two films written and directed by their sister Isild Le Besco. Her other brother, Kolia Litscher, is also an actor.

Career

A former student at the Paris National Academy of Music, Léonor started studying music on a part-time basis, prior to joining Lycée Charlemagne and Lycée Turgot, two Paris secondary schools renowned for their academic standards. Since early childhood, she had been a singer at the Paris Choir School, which enabled her to perform in a large number of concerts at the Paris Opera, Beaubourg Museum, Notre-Dame Catheral and Chatelet Theatre. As a child, she appeared in Chris Marker’s "Le Tombeau d’Alexandre", was a partner to Claude Brasseur in a film directed by Alain Bonnot, and played in Michel Léviant’s "Le mur aux fées". As a young teenager, she was given a role in Emmanuelle Bercot’s first film, "La Puce". Its success was such that the film was granted a special derogation for wide release. Léonor later held roles in films directed by Benoît Jacquot and Michel Léviant.

Filmography

Feature films

* 1992 : "Le tombeau d'Alexandre" by Chris Marker
* 1994 : "Le mur aux fées" by Michel Léviant
* 1996 : "La Puce" d’Emmanuelle Bercot
* 2004 : "À tout de suite" by Benoît Jacquot
* 2006 : "En souvenir de nous" by Michel Léviant

hort films

1987 "Les plumes du lapin" by Catherine Belkhodja

* Scriptwriting:"Chacun son style" by Léonor Graser

*Script reader with SOPADIN (a scriptwriting competition organisation)

*Film Directing:Chacun son style

*Film Producing:2004 : Demi tarif by Isild Le Besco with Karedas

Awards

(as film producer)
* 2004 : Special Jury Award for Demi-tarif at the European First Film Festival of Angers
* 2004 : Procirep - Premiers Plans Award for Demi-tarif at Angers
* 2004 : Special Jury Award for Demi-tarif at Seoul Festival
* 2004 : Jury Award for Demi-tarif at the Crossing Europe Festival of Linz
* 2004 : Demi-tarif nominated for Louis Delluc Award

inging career

Classical and contemporary repertory – Concert performances with Paris Music School – French song performances with Pier&Leo Group in a variety of cafés-theatres.

Journalistic career

Léonor is a regular collaborator of such magazines as Elle, Wasabi and MARCO POLO.
* [1] Aryuveda Marco Polo n°7
* [2] L'intouchable Marco Polo N°12
* [3] Penkat Silat Marco Polo n°12
* [4] Vietvodao Marco Polo n°11

Literature

Léonor is also Lecturer in Sociology of Literature at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University (Paris III-Censier).

Links

* [http://dvdtoile.com/Filmographie.php?id=65940] for filmography and posters
* [http://filmos.actricesdefrance.org/G/Leonor_Graser.html] for photos and posters
* [http://dvdtoile.com/Film.php?id=47601] for review of En souvenir de nous, to be released in August 2007
* [http://japan.unifrance.org/perso/perso.asp?commonuser=&langue=21010&perso=327678&activite=1&submit=Ok] Japanese website
* [http://www.unifrance.org/perso/perso.asp?commonuser=&langue=21008&perso=327678&activite=1&submit=Ok] Spanish website
* [http://www.unifrance.org/perso/perso.asp?commonuser=&langue=21002&perso=327678&activite=1&submit=Ok] English website
* [http://www.unifrance.org/perso/perso.asp?langue=21004&perso=327678&CommonUser=] Unifrance website in French
* [http://actricesdefrance.free.fr/actfra/docs_2/DP_En_souvenir_de_Nous.pdf] En souvenir de nous press release