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Claire Devers (born 20 August 1955, in Paris) is a French film director and screenwriter. She received education at the Fémis school of film, which was previously known as IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques). While at Fémis she made her first feature length film, Noir et Blanc (1986) despite it being against the school’s policies. Noir et Blanc was inspired by Desire and the Black Masseur by Tennessee Williams.

She received numerous accolades for her first film Noir et Blanc (1986) which included winning the Camera d’Or for best new feature at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival, the Prize of the City of Torino at the 1986 Torino Film Festival, and a nomination for the 1987 César Award for Best Debut. Noir et Blanc was also shown at the 1986 Chicago International Film Festival, the 1987 New Directors/New Films series at the museum of Modern Art, the 1987 Goteborg Film Festival, the 2023 Valladolid International Film Festival, and the 2023 New Horizons International Film Festival.

She made three other feature length films, Chimère (1989), Max et Jérémie (1992), and Les Marins Perdu (2003). None of these films received the critical success that Noir et Blanc did.

Along with her traditional feature length films she also wrote and directed two straight to tv films La voleuse de saint-lubin (1999) and Rapace (2012), both of these aired on Arte.