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Philippe Djian Author

Philippe Djian is the award-winning author of more than twenty novels, including the best seller Betty Blue. Elle is the fifth of his novels to be adapted for the screen. Published in French under its original title “Oh... ,” this best-selling novel received the 2012 Prix Interallié. He lives in Biarritz, France.

Michael Katims is a Brooklyn-born screenwriter and translator. He worked with Roman Polanski to bring Yasmina Reza’s play to the big screen in Carnage, and with Jacques Perrin on the US version of Oceans.