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Line 13: '''Sébastien Lifshitz''' (born 22 January 1968) is a [[France\|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 bachelor's degree from the [[University of Paris]] in history of art. ==Career== Lifshitz's work involves [[LGBT\|gay]] themes. His 2004 film, ''[[Wild Side (2004 film)\|Wild Side]]'', involves several narratives, some told forward and some backward, about a [[transsexual]] [[prostitute]]. {{Citation needed\|date=November 2009}} He is a two-time winner of the [[Teddy Award]], presented by an independent committee at the [[Berlinale\|Berlin International Film Festival]] to the year's best films with LGBT themes, winning Best Feature Film in 2004 for ''Wild Side'' and Best Documentary Film in 2013 for ''[[Bambi (2013 film)\|Bambi]]'', a documentary profile of transgender French entertainer [[Marie-Pierre Pruvot]].<ref name=teddyfamily>[http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/teddy-award-berlinale#_ "Berlin's Teddy Family"]. ''[[Interview (magazine)\|Interview]]'', March 2013.</ref>▼ Lifshitz's work involves [[LGBT\|gay]] themes. His 2004 film, ''[[Wild Side (2004 film)\|Wild Side]]'', involves several narratives, some told forward and some backward, about a [[transsexual]] [[prostitute]]. {{Citation needed\|date=November 2009}} ▲Lifshitz's work involves [[LGBT\|gay]] themes. His 2004 film, ''[[Wild Side (2004 film)\|Wild Side]]'', involves several narratives, some told forward and some backward, about a [[transsexual]] [[prostitute]]. {{Citation needed\|date=November 2009}} He is a two-time winner of the [[Teddy Award]], presented by an independent committee at the [[Berlinale\|Berlin International Film Festival]] to the year's best films with LGBT themes, winning Best Feature Film in 2004 for ''Wild Side'' and Best Documentary Film in 2013 for ''[[Bambi (2013 film)\|Bambi]]'', a documentary profile of transgender French entertainer [[Marie-Pierre Pruvot]].<ref name=teddyfamily>[http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/teddy-award-berlinale#_ "Berlin's Teddy Family"]. ''[[Interview (magazine)\|Interview]]'', March 2013.</ref> On May 20, 2014, [[Rizzoli International]] will publish Lifshitz's ''The Invisibles: Vintage Portraits of Love and Pride'', a collection of gay-themed photos from the early 20th century.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/01/sebastien-lifshitz-the-invisibles_n_5030062.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular James Nichols, ''Huffington Post'' (May 5, 2015)]</ref> ==Filmography==