Erick Zonca

Érick Zonca
Born (1956-09-10) 10 September 1956 (age 68)
Orléans, France
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1993–present

Érick Zonca is a French film director and screenwriter.

His first films were shorts Rives (1992), Eternelles (1995), and Seule (1997).

Zonca is best known for his critically acclaimed and award-winning 1998 feature film debut The Dreamlife of Angels. The film won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2]

Zonca's second feature was Le Petit Voleur (The Little Thief) (1999).

His film Julia (2008) is based on John Cassavetes' 1980 film Gloria. It stars Tilda Swinton and was shot in California and Mexico.

White Soldier, a TV movie, was released in 2014. Zonca also made a French road safety PSA dramatic short film in 2015. In 2018, he directed Black Tide, starring Vincent Cassel.

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Dreamlife of Angels". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
  2. ^ Élisabeth Busser, Gilles Cohen -Comptes de la Vie Ordinaire 1998 p88 "Prix d'interprétation féminine : attribué ex-aequo à Élodie Bouchez et Natacha Régnier pour leurs rôles dans La Vie rêvée des anges d'Éric Zonca"