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Marguerite Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.
Birth Name
Marguerite Donnadieu
Born
Saturday, 04 April 1914
Died
Sunday, 03 March 1996
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Little Girl Blue | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2023 |
| Jeune cinéma | Self | 2023 |
| Godard Cinema | Self | 2023 |
| Alain Resnais, l'audacieux | Self | 2022 |
| Pornotropic: Marguerite Duras et l'illusion coloniale | Self - Subject / Self - Writer (archive footage) | 2020 |
| Un siècle d'écrivains | Self | 1995 |
| Écrire | Self | 1993 |
| The Children | Narration | 1985 |
| La couleur des mots | Herself / Self | 1984 |
| La Dame des Yvelines | 1984 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Little Girl Blue | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2023 |
| Jeune cinéma | Self | 2023 |
| Godard Cinema | Self | 2023 |
| Alain Resnais, l'audacieux | Self | 2022 |
| Pornotropic: Marguerite Duras et l'illusion coloniale | Self - Subject / Self - Writer (archive footage) | 2020 |
| Un siècle d'écrivains | Self | 1995 |
| Écrire | Self | 1993 |
| The Children | Narration | 1985 |
| La couleur des mots | Herself / Self | 1984 |
| La Dame des Yvelines | 1984 | |
| La Caverne noire | Self / Herself | 1984 |
| L'homme atlantique | (voice) | 1981 |
| Agatha and the Limitless Readings | Voix-voice / Narrator (voice) | 1981 |
| Duras filme | Self | 1981 |
| Every Man for Himself | Marguerite Duras | 1980 |
| Le navire Night | (voice) | 1979 |
| Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne) | Commentator | 1979 |
| Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver) | Narrator | 1979 |
| Cesarée | Narrator | 1978 |
| The Negative Hands | Récitante / Narrator (voice) | 1978 |
| Baxter, Vera Baxter | Narrator | 1977 |
| Le camion | Elle | 1977 |
| Les lieux de Marguerite Duras | Self - Subject | 1976 |
| India Song | Voix intemporelle / Voix Intemporelle (voice) | 1975 |
| Nathalie Granger | (voice) | 1973 |
| Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson | Self | 1966 |
| Dim Dam Dom | Self | 1965 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Children | 1985 |
| Per un viaggio in Italia | 1984 |
| Il dialogo di Roma | 1983 |
| L'homme atlantique | 1981 |
| Agatha and the Limitless Readings | 1981 |
| Le navire Night | 1979 |
| Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne) | 1979 |
| Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver) | 1979 |
| Cesarée | 1978 |
| The Negative Hands | 1978 |
| Baxter, Vera Baxter | 1977 |
| Le camion | 1977 |
| Entire Days in the Trees | 1977 |
| Her Venetian Name in Deserted Calcutta | 1976 |
| India Song | 1975 |
| Nathalie Granger | 1973 |
| Jaune le soleil | 1972 |
| Destroy, She Said | 1969 |
| The Music | 1967 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1961 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |
