Pascale Ferran (French: [fɛʁɑ̃]; born 17 April 1960) is a French film director and screenwriter. In 2007, her film Lady Chatterley won five César Awards including Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Adaptation.^[1] Her 2014 film Bird People was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] Ferran also wrote the screenplay for The Red Turtle, an animated film by Michael Dudok de Wit, that competed in the Hawaii International Film Festival on 12 November 2016.^[3]

Pascale Ferran was born on April 17, 1960, in Paris, France.^[4] From a young age she was involved in cinema, operating the film club at her high school.^[5] From 1980 to 1983 she attended IDHEC, which is now known as prestigious La Fémis.

Ferran's critically acclaimed adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover won the Prix Louis-Delluc award and five César awards for Best Film, Adaptation, Photography, Actress, and Costumes.^[11]

Ferran is a sought after lecturer. As early as 2007, as part of the Angers Workshops, she has taught master classes on directing, screenwriting, and filmmaking in general.^[12] On September 7, 2014, she taught a master class at Alliance Française in Toronto, Ontario titled "Gravity and Grace".^[5][13] A segment of this film festival was actually dedicated as a "Tribute to Pascale Ferran".^[14] Also in 2014, as part of the Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival and under the category "French Fest", Ferran taught a master class titled "Literary Adaptation and Visual Effects".^[15] This collaborative effort by the French Embassy in Dublin and the Irish Film Institute also featured notable guests such as Mathieu Amalric, Assa Sylla, and Antoine de Baecque.^[16]

On March 19, 2016, at the 38th International Festival of Women's Films Films, Ferran and composer Béatrice Thiriet presented a master class together. The two women have collaborated previously on multiple projects, most recently Bird People in 2014 and Lady Chatterley in 2006.^[17]

Ferran is also, as of 2016, on the board of directors of SRF, or La Société des Réalisateurs de Films.[1]

In 2002 Ferran appeared, as herself, in Romain Goupil's documentary Une Pure Coïncidence.

To date, Ferran is politically conscious and frequently defending and advocating for worker's rights in the film industry, as well as the rights of illegal immigrants.^[18] She was in Calais, France in August 2016 when a group of migrants attacked vehicles and wrote to testify on behalf of the migrants.^[19]

Ferran helped to found and launch LaCinetek in 2015.^[20]