When people ask how I, as a young woman from Martinique, ended up in Hollywood, I smile and think of Robert Redford . Without Bob, my life and career would have taken an entirely different path.

In 1985, Robert Redford hand-picked me among 10 young French filmmakers and invited me to the Sundance Directors Lab in Park City, Utah. It was only my second trip to the United States. At Sundance, I was surrounded by giants — Paul Newman, Mike Nichols, Karl Malden, Waldo Salt and Bob himself — who watched me direct, offered notes and treated me as a peer. I was inspired, supported and free to create.

When people ask how I, as a young woman from Martinique, ended up in Hollywood, I smile and think of Robert Redford . Without Bob, my life and career would have taken an entirely different pa

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