Emmanuelle Schick Garcia

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name = Emmanuelle Schick Garcia


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location = France
occupation = Director, screenwriter
yearsactive = 2003-"present"
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academyawards =Emmanuelle Schick Garcia is a Spanish-Canadian writer and film director. She was born in the south of France to a Spanish mother and a Canadian father. At the age of three her family moved to Vancouver, Canada.

At eighteen she earned a swimming scholarship to University of California, Los Angeles where she received her B.A. in Art History. Following her undergraduate studies, she was accepted into UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, earning a M.F.A. in directing/film production.

In 2003 she was awarded the Motion Picture Association of America Award and the Mary Pickford Award for Excellence in documentary filmmaking. Her thesis film La Petite Morte won three film festival awards for Best Documentary and one nomination for Best Documentary.

Her films "Cancer" and "A Safe Place" were screened as official selections at Les Films du Monde, Montreal. She directed the making of for Richard Bohringer's 'C'est Beau Une Ville La Nuit," and "20 Ans Deja" with French rugby star Denis Charvet.

She was a world ranked swimmer at the age of 15 and was featured in the TAG Heuer link [http://www.strategies.fr/archives/1125/112504604/bbh-pour-tag-heuer.html watch ads] ", photographed by Richard Burbridge.

She is a member of the Canadian experimental band 'Japanese Pop Songs.'

References

External links

* [http://www.japanesepopsongs.com] Official Web Site of Emmanuelle Schick Garcia.
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1475171/] Imdb profile.
* [http://www.vodeo.tv/fiche-realisation-2288-emmanuelle-schick-garcia.html] Link to film La Petite Morte.