Daphné Baiwir

Daphné Baiwir (born 18 July 1992) is a Belgian documentarist, actress, screenwriter, and former model.

Daphné Baiwir
Baiwir in 2022
Born	18 July 1992 (1992-07-18) (age 33) Belgium
Occupation(s)	Filmmaker screenwriter model

Life and career

Baiwir started her career as a model at just 3 years old; as a model, her collaborations include Christian Lacroix and Sonia Rykiel.^[1] She made her acting debut on stage at 7 years old.^[2] After appearing in several films and TV-series, she made her directorial debut with Devant les barreaux, a documentary about the everyday life of the officers at the Lantin prison.^[1] Her documentary The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland was screened at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.^[3] In 2022, she directed a documentary about film and television adaptations of Stephen King's works, King on Screen.^[4][5] Her 2023 film Le Film pro nazi d'Hitchcock premiered at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival.^[6][7]

Selected filmography

Director

• Devant les barreaux (2013)
• Deauville et le rêve américain (2019)
• The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland (Olivia de Havilland, L'insoumise, 2021)
• King on Screen (2022)
• Le Film pro nazi d'Hitchcock (2023)

Daphné Baiwir in 2013

Actress

• Monsieur Batignole (2002, directed by Gérard Jugnot)
• Ordo (2004, directed by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa)
• Bluebeard (2009, directed by Catherine Breillat)
• Abuse of Weakness (2013, directed by Catherine Breillat)
• Homo Faber (2014, directed by Richard Dindo)