Euzhan Palcy

Biography:

Euzhan Palcy is a film director writer and producer from Martinique French West Indies. She is notable for being the first black woman director produced by a major Hollywood studio for A Dry White Season as well as being the only woman filmmaker to have directed Marlon Brando whom she brought back to the screen after a gap of nine years. Palcy is also the first black artist to win a César Award the highest French film award.