Directing
Euzhan Palcy
- Born
- Jan 13, 1958 · Age 68
- Place of birth
- Martinique, French West Indies
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 7
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 12
Biography
Born January 13, 1958, in Martinique, French West Indies, Euzhan Palcy is a leader for black people, especially black women, in cinema. She is a screenwriter, producer and director. After studying the likes of Billy Wilder and Orson Welles and receiving a few degrees, including one from Louis Lumière College, she directed her first feature, Sugar Cane Alley (1983), in Paris for less than a million dollars. The film is about an impoverished black family making sacrifices for a young boy on a plantation in Martinique during the 1930s. It won numerous awards internationally, among them the César…
