Euzhan Palcy Biography (1958-) (original) (raw)

1. Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
2. Chris Owen to Bernadette Peters

Born January 13, 1958, in Fort de France, Martinique; daughter of Leon (a personnel manager for a pineapple-processing factory) and Romuald (a homemaker)Palcy.

Nationality

French

Gender

Female

Occupation

Director, producer, writer

Birth Details

January 13, 1958

Fort de France, Martinique

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (documentary), 1993
• Film Work
• Director
• Rue cases negres (also known as Black Shack Alley and Sugar Cane Alley), Orion, 1983
• A Dry White Season, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1989
• Simeon, AMLF, 1992
• Wings against the Wind, 1999
• Producer
• Simeon, AMLF, 1992
• Wings against the Wind, 1999
• Other
• Assistant editor of Safrana ou le droit a la parole.
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Acapulco Black Film Festival, 2000
• Television Work
• Producer and Director; Movies
• "Ruby Bridges," The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 1999
• Producer and Director; Documentaries
• Le messagere (documentary; also known as The Messenger), [Martinique], 1975
• L'atelier du diable (documentary; also known as The Devil's Workshop), [Paris], 1982
• Hassane (documentary), 1990
• Aime Cesaire: A Voice for History (three-part documentary), California Newsreel, 1994
• Director
• The Killing Yard, Showtime, 2001
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• Recorded two albums for children.
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Rue cases negres (also known as Black Shack Alley and Sugar Cane Alley; based on a novel by Josef Zobel), Orion, 1983
• (With others) Dionysos, 1984
• (With others) A Dry White Season (based on a novel by Andre Brink), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1989
• Simeon (also based on a story by Palcy), AMLF, 1992
• (With others) Wings against the Wind, 1999
• Teleplays
• Le messagere (documentary; also known as The Messenger), [Martinique], 1975
• L'atelier du diable (documentary; also known as The Devil's Workshop), [Paris], 1982
• Hassane (documentary), 1990
• Aime Cesaire: A Voice for History (three-part documentary), California Newsreel, 1994
• Other Writings
• Author of mysteries for periodicals; also wrote short stories.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Women Filmmakers and Their Films, St. James Press, 1998

Periodicals

• American Visions, August, 2000, p. 40
• Essence, October, 1989, p. 31; May, 1995, pp. 59, 66
• People Weekly, October 16, 1989, p. 72