Amanda Sthers

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Birthday 1978-04-18 (46 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Also Known As Amanda Queffélec-Maruani

Amanda Sthers

Biography

Amanda Queffélec-Maruani (born 18 April 1978), known professionally as Amanda Sthers, is a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker. Sthers is of Tunisian Sefardi and Breton origins. She has written ten novels which have been translated in more than 14 countries. Sthers has been given the title of "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" by the French government. Her first play, "Le Vieux Juif blonde" is today studied at Harvard University. Her play "Le Lien" has been performed in Paris and at the Avignon Festival in 2013, and was widely performed in Italy in 2016. Sthers wrote and directed the movie Je vais te manquer in which she directed Carole Bouquet, Michael Lonsdale, and Mélanie Thierry. In 2015, she wrote an adaptation of Les Terres Saintes / Holy Lands, which she later directed in English.Shooting took place during winter 2017 in Israel. At the 2017 Zurich Film Festival, Madame, a feature film that she wrote and directed in English was screened, starring Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel, and Rossy de Palma. Singer and actor Patrick Bruel was Sthers' first husband with who she married on 21 September 2004. The two have two children, Oscar and Léon who was born 28 September 2005. The couple separated in 2007. Sthers moved to Los Angeles with her two children in 2017 where she started a film production company. Source: Article "Amanda Sthers" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Writer

2023
Mafia Mamma

as Idea

2021
Promises

as Writer

2021
Promises

as Novel

2021
Amis

as Author

2019
Holy Lands

as Writer

2017
Madame

as Screenplay

2017
2017
Love in Lapland

as Writer

2016
Love In…

as Writer

2009
You'll Miss Me

as Writer

Director

2021
Promises

as Director

2019
Holy Lands

as Director

2017
Madame

as Director

2009
You'll Miss Me

as Director

Producer

Love Birds

as Producer

2023
Mafia Mamma

as Producer

2022
Bonnie

as Producer

2021
Promises

as Producer