Nadine Monfils

Nadine Monfils (born 12 February 1953) is a Belgian writer and film director and producer.^[1]

Nadine Monfils
Nadine Monfils, 2018
Born	(1953-02-12) 12 February 1953 (age 72) Etterbeek, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Occupation(s)	Writer, film director, producer

She was born in Etterbeek.^[1] She has contributed to the magazines Père Ubu [fr], Tel Quel and Focus. Monfils published her first collection of stories Laura Colombe, Contes pour petites filles perverse in 1981.^[2] She has written a series of detective novels centred on the character Inspector Léon, a policeman who knits; Léon also appears^[1] in her 2004 film Madame Édouard.^[3]

She has taught screenwriting at the Parallax school for comedians^[1] and the Université Européenne d’Ecriture in Brussels and also in a number of prisons in France. Monflils lives in Montmartre.^[2]

Selected works

Source:^[1][3]

• Un Noël de chien, short film (2000)
• Madame Édouard, film (2004)
• La petite fêlée aux allumettes, novel (2012)
• Les vacances d’un serial killer, novel (2012)
• La Vieille qui voulait tuer le bon dieu, novel (2013)
• Mémé goes to Hollywood, novel (2014)