Anne Fontaine

Anne Fontaine (born Anne Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc; 15 July 1959) is a film director, screenwriter, and former actress. She lives and works in France.

Life and career

Born Anne Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc in Luxembourg, sister of actor Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, she went as a young child to live in Lisbon, where her father, Antoine Sibertin-Blanc, is a music professor and cathedral organist. In adolescence she moved to Paris and trained in dance with Joseph Russillo while continuing her academic education, including philosophy. Her husband is Philippe Carcassonne, the film producer, and they have an adopted son, Tienne, who was born in Cambodia.

While still dancing, she was picked by Robert Hossein to play Esmeralda in a 1980 theatrical production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and around this time started to use the name Anne Fontaine. She continued with acting and became known for her roles in comedies like Si ma gueule vous plaît... (1981) and P.R.O.F.S.(1985). An opportunity to be assistant director came with a 1986 stage version of Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Journey to the End of the Night at the Renaud-Barrault theatre.

Anne Fontaine (disambiguation)

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Anne Fontaine (brand)

Anne Fontaine is an international women’s luxury fashion brand, based in France, offering ready-to-wear clothing, shoes, handbags and accessories centered on the classic white shirt.

Anne Fontaine (founder)

Anne Fontaine (born 1 November 1971, Rio de Janeiro) is a Paris-based fashion designer of ready-to-wear for women, businesswoman and ecologist. Fontaine is the creative director of the Anne Fontaine brand and the President of the Anne Fontaine Foundation.

Fontaine’s mother is of Brazilian descent, and father is of French-German descent.

Fontaine, a self-taught fashion designer, met husband Ari Zlotkin in Paris, who is currently President of Anne Fontaine (the company). Fontaine lives in Honfleur with her husband and three children.

Fontaine has been the recipient of several awards, including the French National Order of Merit (French: Ordre national du Mérite) and received the award of l’élan de Mode in 2006 (French Federation of Fashion)

In 2011, Fontaine created the New York-based Anne Fontaine Foundation, to support the protection of endangered forests and promote reforestation. The Foundation’s projects are focused on the Brazilian Atlantic forest, also known as the Mata Atlântica.