Valérie Mréjen

Director

BIOGRAPHIE

France Writer, visual artist, director, screenwriter, producer Valérie Mréjen was born in 1969 in Paris. An art school graduate, she was early on interested in different forms of expression to better explore the possibilities of language. She began by editing artists’ books before making her first videos. Her work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions in France and abroad, notably at the Jeu de Paume in 2008. She has directed several short films, documentaries (Pork and Milk, 2004, Valvert, 2008), and a feature fiction film En ville (Iris in Bloom), co-directed with Bertrand Schefer (selected in the Director's Fortnight, Cannes 2011). She has published Mon grand-père, 1999, L’Agrume, 2001, and Eau sauvage, 2004, with Allia Editions, and Forêt noire, 2012, and Troisième personne, 2017, with POL Editions. As an associated artist at the National Theater of Brittany in Rennes, she has adapted L’Empire des lumières and La Dame aux camélias for Arthur Nauzyciel and created with Albin de la Simone a Carnaval des animaux based on Saint-Saëns. In 2021, she directed Gardien party, with and about museum attendants, and Trois hommes vertes, a family-friendly show. She is represented by the Anne-Sarah Bénichou Gallery in Paris. Her first monograph, Palais des Glaces, was published by Manuella Editions. SHORT FILMS Director 2001: La Défaite du rouge-gorge 2002: Chamonix, John Jameson & Son Award Clermont-Fd 2003 2004: Pork and Milk 2007: Philippe 2008: Valvert 2009: Action = Militantes 2009: French Courvoisier 2011: Exercice de fascination au milieu de la foule (co-dir. Bertrand Schefer) 2011: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP (Q) RSTUVWXYZ (co-dir. Bertrand Schefer) 2012: Conférence de nuit 2016: Enfant chéri (co-dir. Bertrand Schefer) 2017: Trois rêves de ma jeunesse (co-dir. Bertrand Schefer) 2018: Quatrième 2022: Quatrième Sarcelles 2022: Vous (les adolescents) FEATURE FILM Director 2011: Iris in Bloom (En ville) (co-dir. Bertrand Schefer) EXHIBITIONS (selection) 2018: Mon cher fils 2018: Liste rose 1997-2017 2019: Lettres d’un inconnu 2020: Soustraction 2022: El Oso 2022: Juifs et Musulmans, de l’empire colonial à nos jours BIBLIOGRAPHY 1994: Les Coccinelles et les bols Duralex (ed. du rouleau libre) 1995: Le Langage des fleurs (ed. du rouleau libre) 1996: L’Eau qui dort (ed. du rouleau libre) 1996: La Liste des invités (Les Guère épais, ed. Plurielle) 1997: Liste rose (ed. Allia) 1999: Mon grand-père (ed. Allia) 2001: L’Agrume (ed. Allia) 2004: Eau sauvage (ed. Allia) 2004: Une dispute et autres embrouilles (ed. petit POL) 2006: Pork and Milk (ed. Allia) 2008: Ping-Pong (ed. Allia) 2012: Soap Opera (JNF ed.) 2017: Troisième personne (ed. POL) 2019: Soustraction, catalogue (ed. IMEC) 2021: Palais des Glaces, monography (Manuella ed.) 2021: Yvon (Yvon Lambert ed.) 2021: Plongée dans la collection Bob Calle (ed. 591) 2022: Gardien Party (co-author Mohamed El Khatib) (Manuella ed.) 2022: Les Blés d’or (co-authort Mohamed El Khatib) (Manuella ed.) 🔗 valeriemrejen.com

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