Hello, I think French actress-director Maïwenn loosely fits those three criteria, although not perfectly (not *every* film of hers have autobiographical undertones). Best regards, Cristiano Canguçu Em qui., 30 de set. de 2021 09:42, Petra Dominkova < [log in to unmask]> escreveu: > Hi everyone, > > I wanted to reach out and ask you for help in the research of one student > of mine. I am mentoring her thesis on Xavier Dolan, and she is trying (so > far in vain) to find someone who would be similar to him in those aspects: > > 1/ direct himself/herself in multiple films (e.g. being at the same time > director and actor/actress); > 2/ openly state that the characters played by him/her are sort of > autobiographical; > 3/ make first of his/her films fairly young (in his/her 20s, 30s). > > She was so far able to come up with few names who, however, do not > correspond with XD in one or more above-mentioned aspects, as is Ben > Affleck, Woody Allen, Orson Welles. > > Any suggestion would be very welcome! > > Best, > > Petra Dominkova, Ph.D. > FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF > Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html