MarieEpstein(bornMarie-AntonineEpstein;14August1899,Warsaw-24April1995,Paris)wasanactress,scenarist,filmdirector,andfilmpreservationist.Hercareerisdistinguishedbythreeimportantcollaborations.Throughoutthe1920s,sheactedinandwrotescenariosforfilmsdirectedbyherbrother,JeanEpstein.Fromthe1920sthroughtheearly1950s,shecollaboratedwiththedirectorJeanBenoît-Lévyonsixteenfilms,servingvariouslyasawriter,assistantdirector,andco-director.Fromtheearly1950stoherretirementin1977,EpsteinservedasafilmpreservationistattheCinémathèquefrançaise.CollaborationwithJeanBenoît-Lévy(1928-1940)EditEpsteinisbestknownforthefilmssheco-directedwithJeanBenoît-Lévythroughoutthe1930s.MovingawayfromtheromanticscenariosshewroteforJeanEpstein,herfilmswithBenoît-Lévyemploymanyoftheavant-gardetechniquesdevelopedinFrenchImpressionistCinemaofthe1920stoexploremajorsocialissuesfacingFranceinthe1930s,especiallypoverty,singlemotherhood,thestrugglesofoppressedwomen,andtheplightofpoorandneglectedchildren.AsfilmhistorianAlanWilliamsnotes,Benoît-LévyandEpstein'sfilms"alwayspaycarefulattentiontothemoralchoicesrequiredbyparticularsocialconditions."[1]WhiletheirfilmsreflectthePoeticRealismprominentin1930sFrenchcinema,theirworkmakesgreateruseofexperimentaleditingtechniques.DescribingLaMaternelle(1933),afilmaboutstate-runnurseryeducation,Williamsnotesthatthefilmrecalls"thetraditionofcinematicimpressionism"byusing"subjectiveediting"toconvey"traumaticeventsinthelifeofaneglectedslumchild"andbypresentingawoman's"attemptedsuicideinarapidsequenceofdisparateimages"tocommunicatetheepisode'sviolence.[1]FilmscholarSandyFlitterman-Lewisalsocallsattentiontothisepisodebecausethewomanlooksdirectlyatthecamera(ararityinfilmsofthisperiod),"imp

性别: 女

星座: 狮子座

生卒日期: 1899年08月14日 至 1995年04月24日

出生地: 波兰,华沙

职业: 编剧 / 副导演 / 导演 / 演员

更多外文名: Marie-Antonine Epstein (本名)

家庭成员: 让·爱普斯坦 (兄)

imdb编号: nm0258506

1935年 第3届威尼斯电影节 墨索里尼杯 最佳国际电影(提名) 伊托。