Sophie Bredier

Sophie Bredier

Born in South Korea, then adopted in France, Sophie Bredier is a documentary filmmaker and fiction scriptwriter. After studying classics at the Sorbonne and working as a critic (Bref, Les Cahiers du Cinéma, La Lettre du Cinéma), she turned to documentary filmmaking, making three autobiographical films – Nos traces silencieuses (1998) and Séparées (2000), in collaboration with Myriam Aziza; then, on her own, Corps étranger (2004). Developing her work around recurring themes such as loss, abandonment and filiation, she also examines physical traces as places of memory. Her films have been regularly selected for international festivals such as Cinéma du réel, Dok Leipzig, FIPA, Busan, San Francisco Film Festival, FID, DMZ Docs, etc.