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Denis was born in Paris, France . She is a graduate of IDHEC , the French Film School , and served as assistant to Jacques Rivette , Costa-Gavras , Jim Jarmusch , Wim Wenders . Her debut feature film ''Chocolat'' (1988), a meditation on Colonialism , won her critical acclaim. With films such as '' US Go Home '' (1994), '' Nenette And Boni '' (1997), '' Good Work '' (''Beau Travail'') (1999), '' Trouble Every Day '' (2001), and '' Friday Night '' (2003) she established a reputation as the filmmaker who 'has been able to reconcile the lyricism of French Cinema with the impulse to capture the often harsh face of contemporary France'. Denis was a bandleader, worked as actress, notably in '') were inspired by the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy . Claire Denis teaches Cinema as Cultural Anthropology at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee , Switzerland where she examines contemporary filmmaking as exploration into multi-ethnic and cross-cultural environments, with the cool passion and distanced engagement of an anthropologist. FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR INCLUDES
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