Career
Zlotowski is a graduate of France’s prestigious Femis school. She began her career as a screenwriter. She has written screenplays for several short films.
She co-wrote Teddy Lussi-Modeste’s Jimmy Riviere.
Zlotowski made her directorial debut with the film Belle Épine, which premiered in the International Critics" Week section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. She followed up that film with Grand Central starring Léa Seydoux and Tahar Rahim which premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.
In 2014, Zlotowski was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. She was the head of the jury for the Sony CineAlta Discovery Prize and the France 4 Visionary Award for the International Critics" Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
She was selected to be on the jury for the Cinéfondation and short films sections of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2015 Zlotowski announced her next film would be Planetarium starring Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp as sisters.