Mary Stephen
Biography
Mary Stephen is a Canadian editor and director residing in France, originally from Hong Kong. A director of documentary and fiction films, Mary Stephen was for many years the editor of Éric Rohmer's films, with whom she co-signed the music for several films under the collective pseudonym Sébastien Erms. Decorated with the insignia of Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters (2018).
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 1981, 2h 15m • as Tourist
A student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her airline pilot lover. Then he sees the pilot with a blonde woman and he begins to follow them…
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Self
Veteran filmmaker Mary Stephen digs into her own family past to uncover the long-hidden origins of her Western surname, revealing a story of culture shock, colonialism, and contested remembrance.
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Marlène
Shades of Silk is a film of mood and memory; two Chinese women, who had been friends in school, are caught between a longing for social stability and something much more fulfilling but frightening and vague in their relationship. A large part of the action takes place in the Shanghai of 1935 although the film was shot entirely on location in Paris.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Françoise Etchegaray and Mary Stephen, who worked with Rohmer, talk about his Tales of four seasons.