Sophie Barthes (born 1974) is a French-American film director and
screenwriter best known for her 2009 film Cold Souls.Barthes was born
in France and was raised in South America and the Middle East. She
moved to New York in 2001 to attend the Columbia University School of
the Arts.Barthes' short film Happiness, which tells the story of a
woman who purchases a box of happiness and cannot decide if she should
open it, was shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The film was
well-received and earned her a place in the Sundance Institute's
Screenwriters Lab, where she began to write the screenplay for her
first feature film, Cold Souls. Barthes had first begun to develop the
idea for Cold Souls in 2005, after she had a dream about Woody Allen
having his soul extracted. The film, directed by Barthes, premiered at
the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand
Jury Prize. It was released in August 2009, and starred Paul Giamatti
as a fictionalized version of himself who decides to have his soul
removed.Barthes received artists' grants from the New York State
Council on the Arts for both Happiness and Cold Souls, and both films
received awards and nominations from numerous film festivals. She was
a resident at the Nantucket Screenwriters Colony, the 2007 Sundance
Screenwriters Lab, and the 2007 Sundance Directors Lab. At the 25th
Independent Spirit Awards, held in 2010, Barthes was nominated for the
Best First Screenplay for Cold Souls.
screenwriter best known for her 2009 film Cold Souls.Barthes was born
in France and was raised in South America and the Middle East. She
moved to New York in 2001 to attend the Columbia University School of
the Arts.Barthes' short film Happiness, which tells the story of a
woman who purchases a box of happiness and cannot decide if she should
open it, was shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The film was
well-received and earned her a place in the Sundance Institute's
Screenwriters Lab, where she began to write the screenplay for her
first feature film, Cold Souls. Barthes had first begun to develop the
idea for Cold Souls in 2005, after she had a dream about Woody Allen
having his soul extracted. The film, directed by Barthes, premiered at
the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand
Jury Prize. It was released in August 2009, and starred Paul Giamatti
as a fictionalized version of himself who decides to have his soul
removed.Barthes received artists' grants from the New York State
Council on the Arts for both Happiness and Cold Souls, and both films
received awards and nominations from numerous film festivals. She was
a resident at the Nantucket Screenwriters Colony, the 2007 Sundance
Screenwriters Lab, and the 2007 Sundance Directors Lab. At the 25th
Independent Spirit Awards, held in 2010, Barthes was nominated for the
Best First Screenplay for Cold Souls.
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