Marie Amachoukeli studied at the French National Film School, La Fémis. She wrote and co-directed Forbach, Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand, It’s Free For Girls, César for Best Short Film, and Demolition Party with Claire Burger. In 2014, she moved onto features with Party Girl in collaboration with Samuel Theis and Claire Burger.
The film won the Caméra d’Or Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and numerous international awards. In 2016, she finished I Want Pluto to be a Planet Again, an animated feature directed with Vladimir Mavounia Kouka, nominated for the 2018 César Awards. In 2020, she wrote the film Litigante which opened La Semaine de la Critique 2019. That year she finalized Hypno, an installation for the Opéra de Paris and her third collaboration with Flavien Berger.
Her last film Ama Gloria, was selected as the opening film in La semaine de la critique 2023. As a consultant, she has worked most notably with Clément Cogitore, Julia Ducourneau and teaches at international writers’ workshops including Cinéfondation, Next Step and les Ateliers de l’Atlas.