Birthday: August 2, 1971

Biography: Marina de Van was born in France in 1971, her father being a musicologist.   She studied at the Lycée Henri IV and at the Sorbonne University where she earned a degree in philosophy.   Then, in 1993 she became a student at the FEMIS, the French school for cinematic studies, where she graduated in 1996.   She directed and wrote 6 short movies as well as working as an actress and a writer with fellow FEMIS student director François Ozon.   In 2002 she made her first feature film Dans ma peau (2002) as director, writer and actress.