Cécile KIEGEL
télécharger le cvWhen she was in her final year of high school, Cécile dreamed of becoming a director. A fan of Le Péril Jeune, which she had watched that spring on Arte (now, thanks to Google, you can find the year…), she overcame her shyness at the autumn film festival in Gardanne to speak with Cédric Klapisch. He advised her to become… a screenwriter. At the time, she felt even less capable of doing that than of trying to be a director.
But since late 2019, after 13 years in production (documentary, magazine, and fiction), a European training program in English on series writing (Serial Eyes), and several experiences in literary direction, she finally followed the advice of the director of Le Péril Jeune and became… a screenwriter! Thanks, Cédric.
She is currently working on the TF1 daily series Demain Nous Appartient as co-arch director, on Overdose, a comic book to be published by Les Arènes, and on En Campagne, a feature film produced by Synecdoche Films.
ONGOING PROJECTS
TV Fiction
DEMAIN NOUS APPARTIENT
Co-direction of the story arc workshop with Nassim Ben Allal, after 4 years in the sequence-writing workshop
Produced by Newen (Telsète) for TF1
Cinema
EN CAMPAGNE
Screenplay writing
Produced by Synecdoche Films
Comic Book
OVERDOSE
Screenplay based on a series of Le Monde articles
Illustrator: Thierry Chavant
Published by Les Arènes
FILMOGRAPHY
TV Fiction
LES FILLES DU MOULIN
Historical soap 6 x 52′
Bible development in co-writing with Lise Barembaum
Produced by La Méridienne
JEU DE PISTE
Saga 6 x 52′
Bible development in co-writing with Eric Fuhrer, Maxime Cormier, and Isabelle Dubernet
Produced by Newen
À UN FIL
Medical and crime drama 6 x 52′
Bible development in co-writing with Virginie Perez
Produced by Cool Drama
FRIGO
Dark comedy 6 x 52′
Bible development in co-writing with Jean-François Halin and Thierry Sebban
Produced by Federation / Diabolo Films
LIBERTÉ CHÉRIE
Historical drama 8 x 52′
Series creation
Bible development in collaboration with Catherine Ramberg
Produced by Authentic Prod
13,5°
Romance 4 x 52′
Bible development in co-writing with Favio Vinson and Laurent Tuel
Produced by Mercer Productions / Federation Entertainment
FACE À FACE
Procedural series 52’
Wrote the episode “Amour à mort”
Produced by 3e Œil Story for France 2
LAST LIGHT
Serialized series 52′
Participation in the workshop
Produced by Make It Happen Studio / Reinvent / Brain Academy for TF1 (international co-productions) / Viaplay
LILI
Series 10 x 10′
Pre-bible in collaboration with director Laurent Dussaux and Jean Dufaux
Produced by Kizmar Films
Cinema
LES MIGNONNES
Feature Film
Co-written with director Thierry Sebban
Produced by Diabolo Film
Web Series
#FLUVESTRE
Web series 4 x 4′ for Voies Navigables de France
Co-written with Shirin Rashidian
Produced by Angie / Rec and Play Média
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Jury Memberde jurys
Jury Member for the “Sir Peter Ustinov Scriptwriting Award,” Emmy Awards, 2020
Literary Direction
Various projects in development for Make It Happen Studio
CAÏN – Season 6, in collaboration with series showrunner Emilie Marsollat for DEMD
LA FAUTE (4 x 52′ for M6) / TV movie adaptation of a novel by Douglas Kennedy for VAB
Assignmentsde recherches
Feature film and historical series projects (written in English) for Big Light Productions
Preparation of documentary pitch dossiers for Drôle de Trame, KM, and Narratio Films
Translations
From English to French: various press releases, and one episode of the series MINOTAUR (Mad as Birds Films) for Federation Entertainment…
Productions
Documentary-Fiction Producer at Gedeon Programmes
Fiction Development Manager in collaboration with Fleur Delourme at Montparnasse Productions
Assistant Artistic Producer on CINQ SOEURS (France 2) at Marathon
Executive Producer – Documentary & Magazine at Marathon
Documentary Production Manager at Marathon
Production Coordinator & Head of Festival Relations – Cinema at Marathon
Script Reader at M6 Fiction Française
EDUCATION
Writing Trainingécriture
La Fabrique des Séries at Emergence
European training in series writing (writers’ room) in English at Serial Eyes
Writing and TV Series: Sharpening Your Tools at Mille Sabords!
Approaching Genres from a Narrative Perspective (Marc Herpoux) / Literary direction and script expertise at CEEA
Screenwriting in All Its Forms (King, Seger, Marks, Askers) / Masterclass – Robert McKee at Dixit
Theatre Training
Studio Alain de Bock
Côté Cour
Studio Jack Garfein: Actor Technique and Acting Direction Workshop
Cours Florent: “Acting for the Camera” Workshop with Chad Chenouga
Directing and acting experience in a student association
University Studiesuniversitaire
DESS in Audiovisual Communication (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
ESSEC Specialization in Marketing and Communication
Exchange program at Schulich School of Business, Toronto (MBA in Management of Arts and Media)
Languages
English: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Italian: Beginner