Virginie Legeay

Writing · Acting · Directing

Born November 9, 1982

After studying at the Ciné-Sup preparatory class and then at La Fémis (class of 2007, scriptwriting department), Virginie Legeay co-wrote Franco Lolli’s two feature films Gente de bien and Une mère incroyable (Litigante), both of which were screened at Premiers Plans. She also acted as a consultant on the screenplays for Emma Benestan’s Petite sauvage, Jean-Baptiste Durand’s Chien de la casse (Junkyard Dog) and Dania Reymond-Boughenou’s Les Tempêtes. All three were read at Premiers Plans.

Filmography

• 2026HappyDeal — Writer
• 2026The Golden Age — Co-Writer
• 2024Silent Storms — Screenplay
• 2020The Defendant — Writers' Assistant
• 2018Europa — Lise/Julie
• 2017Youth
• 2015La plage — Screenwriter
• 2015Les Photographes — Writer
• 2014Gente de bien — Writer
• 2014Try to Die Young — Julie
• 2013The Days Before — Writer
• 2013The Girl from Nowhere — Dora, Assistant Director
• 2009But We Have the Music
• 2008Les inséparables — Assistant Director
• 2007Como todo el mundo — Writer
• 2006The Exterminating Angels — Virginie
• One of Them — Co-Writer
• Un homme s'est échappé — Screenplay