Véronique Lagoarde-Ségot

Véronique Lagoarde-Ségot

History

Véronique Lagoarde-Ségot graduated in 1994 from the Film School of Biarritz with a major in editing. She specializes in historical and political documentary, and has edited over sixty films. In 2012 she edited Five Broken Cameras, nominated for an Academy Award and winner of the International Emmy Award. She followed with Braddock America, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2013, she co-directed the docudrama The Curse of Edgar, about John Edgar Hoover. In 2014, she directed her first documentary, Shoah, the Forgotten Souls of History, which won the award for Best Film in Toronto.

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Véronique Lagoarde-Ségot
Véronique Lagoarde-Ségot

Movies

Innocence
Development Producer
Innocence tells the story of children who resisted to be enlisted but capitulated. Their stories were never told as they died during their service. Through a narration based on their haunting diaries, the film depicts their inner turmoil. It interweaves first-hand military images, key moments from childhood until enlistment and home videos of the deceased soldiers whose stories are silenced and seen as a national threat.
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Editor
How did a poor little black girl from Missouri become the Queen of Paris, before joining the French Resistance and finally creating her dream family “The Rainbow Tribe”, adopting twelve children from four corners of the world? This is the fabulous story of the first black superstar, Josephine Baker.
Amal
Editor
Amal is 14 years old when she ends up on Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution, after the death of her boyfriend in the Port Said Stadium riot. During the protests, she is beaten by police and dragged across the square by her hair. This coming-of-age film follows her over the years after the revolution. As the film cuts between the unfolding current events and Amal’s rapidly changing life and appearance, we see her searching for her own identity in a country in transition. Amal is fiery and fearless, sinking her teeth into the protests and constantly lecturing her mother, who works as a judge. A girl among men, she also has to fight for respect and the right to take part, both in the street and in the rest of her life. In Egypt, even for a young woman like Amal—her name means "hope"—the choices open to her for her future are limited.
The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People
Editor
The documentary tells two very different human fates in the 1920s Soviet Union. Nikolai Vavilov was a botanical genius, Trofim Lyssenko was an agronomist who made great promises and fake inventions. Each of them tried to solve the country's nutritional problem, but only one succeeded.
Alésia, le dernier combat
Sound Editor
Alésia, le dernier combat
Narrator
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
Editor
In 1926, Buster Keaton was at the peak of his glory and wealth. By 1933, he had reached rock bottom. How, in the space of a few years, did this uncontested genius of silent films, go from the status of being a widely-worshipped star to an alcoholic and solitary fallen idol? With a spotlight on the 7 years during which his life changed, using extracts of Keaton’s films as magnifying mirrors, the documentary recounts the dramatic life of this creative genius and the Hollywood studios.
Shoah, les oubliés de l'histoire
Editor
The implacable machine of Nazi destruction took away three million Jews in the USSR. Unveiling evidence filmed by the Soviets this shocking documentary reveals a hidden memory.
Shoah, les oubliés de l'histoire
Writer
The implacable machine of Nazi destruction took away three million Jews in the USSR. Unveiling evidence filmed by the Soviets this shocking documentary reveals a hidden memory.
Shoah, les oubliés de l'histoire
Director
The implacable machine of Nazi destruction took away three million Jews in the USSR. Unveiling evidence filmed by the Soviets this shocking documentary reveals a hidden memory.
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Editor
In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then at the height of her film career, unexpectedly dropped everything to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Jinx, an American journalist and friend of the future princess, accompanied her on her journey to the wedding and covered the sensational event.