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Fee Vaillant (* 20. March 1915 in Witten; † 14. October 2007) was a german photographer and the art ditector of International Filmweek in Mannheim (Internationalen Filmwoche Mannheim).

Fee Vaillant studied photography and from 1949 was active in the association of German filmclubs, where she became director in 1961.

For the Filmweek in Mannheim, that she coproduced, she was responsible for the Retrospectives. In 1973 she took over the responsibility for the whole program in cooperation with Hanns Maier, after the death of the previous director Walter Talmon-Gros. Until 1991, she was the art director of the festival.

In 1984 she was part of Jury for the Gold Camera in Cannes film festival.

Sie was co-founder and in the committee of the KIWI – Kino Women International.

Interviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTBx6tOgP4A (Source: RNF)