Sébastien Lifshitz

Sébastien Lifshitz born 1968 is a French screenwriter and director He teaches at La Fémis a school that focuses on the subject of image and sound He studied at the École du Louvre and has a bachelors degree from the University of Paris in history of art He is Jewish and gay Lifshitzs work involves LGBTQ themes His 2004 film Wild Side involves several narratives some told forward and some backward about a transgender prostitute He is a twotime winner of the Teddy Award presented by an independent committee at the Berlin International Film Festival to the years best films with LGBT themes winning Best Feature Film in 2004 for Wild Side and Best Documentary Film in 2013 for Bambi a documentary profile of transgender French entertainer MariePierre Pruvot In 2014 Rizzoli International published Lifshitzs The Invisibles Vintage Portraits of Love and Pride a collection of gaythemed photos from the early 20th century Description above from the Wikipedia article Sébastien Lifshitz licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia