Marie-Dominique Vançon profile


She says her love of film started before she was ever born. Her parents preferred to spend their money on cinema tickets rather than on food. As a result, she was fed with fantasies.
Over the past two decades, she has met a plethora of stars from all walks of the entertainment business. She started to achieve her childhood dream by working for television shows, record, theatre and film companies, as a stage actress in London, then as a press publicist, a journalist and a screenwriter in Paris and Monte Carlo. Marie-Dominique has written on virtually every aspect of the entertainment world, in her unique professional style.

Professional History 1999/2005 : Version Femme (Weekly Women’s Magazine ; 4 million readers)   - Consulting Editor/Journalist of Film, Theater and Video columns      . Interviews with Film and Theatre Celebrities      . Film and Theater Critic      . Investigative Journalist of International Cultural Issues Click on the covers to see the whole article 1995/98 : Continentale Presse (Syndicated Press Association)   - Journalist and Press Critic in Film, Literature, Television and Records 1993/94 : Monte Carlo International Film Festival   - Assistant to Festival Director 1988/92 : PolyGram   - Promotional Service Coordinator for French/International Variety Music and Video Clips 1985/88 : Sony Music   - Press Agent for French Variety Music 1983/84 : Théatre de l’Est Parisien   - Press Agent 1981/82 : French Television : France 2 and France 3   - Artistic Advisor for Television Variety and Game Shows

Other Accomplishments :

Books :
  - Author of novels Les Jours meilleurs, Le Malin plaisir, Extrasystoles and an anthology of 12 short stories Secrets
  - Co-author (with Ananda Bates) of book on India Viveka

Television Screenplays :
  - Episode scriptwriter of French Sitcoms Hélène et les garçons and Le Miel et les abeilles (AB Production 1992-93)
  - Co-author (with Philippe Avril) of TV-screenplay (90 min.) Les Lucioles (1996)
  - Television Adaptation of two novels by Désirée Aziz: Le Parfum du bonheur and Le Silence des cèdres (90 min/each) (2000)
  - Adaptation of a TV series of 12 episodes (26 min/each) of La Mort bretonne by Anatole Le Braz (2001).

Film Screenplays :
  - Author of short film screenplays Crapules and Le Castelet (1997)
  - Author of feature film screenplays Taor and La Frime (2000)

Theater :
  - Writer and Stage Director of children’s puppet shows : Amandine (Compagnie Marzo) (1994-96)

Miscellaneous :
  - Concept writer of a series of clips for the RATP (Réseau Autonome des Transports Parisiens)
  - Host of Debates on the Cinema at the European Business School, Paris (1996-97)