ThinkTalk Networks is excited to welcome Anne Fontaine - director, screenwriter and former actress – to our studios this fall. Anne will sit down with the ThinkTalk staff to talk about her experiences in the film industry, her new movie Coco Before Chanel, and of course to answer any questions you might have for her.

Anne began her career as a dancer and actress in Paris, making her transition to directing as an assistant in 1986’s stage version of Journey to the End of the Night. Her first solo project as director came in 1993 with Love Affairs Usually End Badly, which won her the Jean Vigo Prize.

Throughout her career Anne has worked in many aspects of the filmmaking process and has been nominated in film festivals around the world. Anyone looking to enter the film industry could gain valuable advice from this well-rounded professional.

Anne, who is considered an important figure in French cinema, has always been fascinated with an important figure in French fashion, Coco Chanel.

It was not so much the fashion as much the characteristics of this exceptional woman that interested me,” says Fontaine. “I had been particularly touched by the fact that she was a self-made person. This girl, coming from the heart of the French countryside, poor, uneducated, but endowed with an exceptional personality, was destined to be ahead of her time.”

Anne’s new film, Coco Before Chanel, documents the time before Chanel became a worldwide phenomenon. It tells the story of Coco, a young woman in France following her dreams and passions. Check out the trailer below and don’t miss out on getting the advice you really want from Anne Fontaine, ask your questions by September 14th!