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Crystel AMSALEM – Actress - Writer - Director.

After earning a degree from the Sorbonne Film School in Paris, Crystel Amsalem attended acting classes with John Strasberg, Jack Waltzer and Susan Batson ( from the Actor's Studio). She also took ballet and jazz dancing classes in Paris. She made her initial steps in the film industry at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she attended writing/directing classes, acting and dancing classes, and directed her first short film “Another Girl”.

Then, she worked as an actress on several english language fictions for television (Highlander), and feature films (Neuf Mois, Coup de Vice). She soon moved on to producing and directing short films as “Rebecca” (10’), “Rien à Cacher” (6’) and “Seul Max le Fait”, a music video shot in New York.

Crystel Amsalem's first feature film, “QUAND LES ANGES S'EN MELENT…” (“WHEN ANGELS INTERFERE…”), (released March 2006) won the Award for best actor (Alexandre Brasseur) at the Paris Film Festival. The film was also nominated in several festivals in New York, Boston, Melbourne, Palm Beach, Washington...

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QUAND LES ANGES S'EN MÊLENT..... “By choosing to privilege integral shots with a mobile camera, Crystel Amsalem makes her characters face their own demons as much as she brings to light the actors, both true and spontaneous.”

Ludivine Le Goff – COMME AU CINEMA

"…And it is not without a visible and rather elegant pleasure that the author of this first film (Crystel Amsalem), enjoys filming her actors, and the feeling is mutual.”

Max Robin – AVOIR A LIRE

"The director, Crystel Amsalem can be proud of how she beautifully directed her actors. Alexandre Brasseur even won the award for best performance at the Paris Film Festival.”

Houria Hocini- EXCESSIF

“With a small budget, Crystel Amsalem nevertheless succeeds in directing an excellent comedy of manners where malice and emotion blend, painting a glowing, funny, and touching family picture, that challenges Woody Allen’s genre”.

Philippe Seret - CINEMAG