Marie-Pierre Brêtas

After a childhood between Toulouse, Oran, and Thiais, Marie-Pierre Brêtas became a journalist at the Matin de Paris and then moved to New York. She worked as a cook and housekeeper at the Chelsea Hotel, and as a decorator’s assistant on films, including The Spike of Bensonhurst by Paul Morrissey… In Paris, she studied cinema at the IIIS and the Ateliers Varan. She directed for Arte Ex Moulinex Mamers, then two documentaries in the Brazilian Nordeste: La Campagne de Saõ José, selected at FIDMarseille and Grand Prix du Fidadoc, and Hautes Terres, special mention of the Jury at Cinéma du réel in 2014, released in theaters in 2014. She is currently shooting a new feature documentary in the United States: Derrick’s Way.