Directing
Paula Delsol
- Born
- Oct 6, 1923 · Aged 91
- Died
- Jun 15, 2015
- Place of birth
- Paris,France
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 0
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 11
Biography
Paula Delsol, or Paule Delsol was a French feature film director, documentarian, screenwriter, novelist, and also made contributions to French television. Her contributions to the iconic French New Wave are only rarely acknowledged; alongside Agnès Varda, Delsol was one of only two women practitioners in the movement. She was married to Jean Malige. She shot her first feature film in 1962, La Dérive - which was not released in theaters until 1964. Due to its themes of female sexual freedom and the over 18 theatrical restriction on the film, it was not a financial success at its time of…