---
name: "Christel Baras"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christel-baras"
fi1m_id: "christel-baras"
imdb_id: "nm1039369"
tmdb_id: 96295
wikidata_id: "Q77807501"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 June 1965"
died: "6 August 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-06T04:16:42.986733+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Christel Baras

## Identity

Christel Baras

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christel-baras
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christel-baras
- **IMDb ID:** nm1039369
- **TMDB ID:** 96295
- **Wikidata ID:** Q77807501
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77807501, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1039369/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96295

Producer. Born 17 June 1965 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France. Died 6 August 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 June 1965, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
- **Died:** 6 August 2025
- **Active:** 1996–2024
- **Also known as:** Christelle Baras
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 acting, 4 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2010s 89 (1), 2020s 73 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Thriller 2, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $22m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77807501, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1039369/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96295

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Portrait of a Lady on Fire*](https://film.one/film/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire.md) (89)

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## Biography

Christel Baras was a French casting director and actress. She began her career in journalism before moving into film production and casting, working initially with director Jacques Doillon.

Baras became known for her casting work on films by Céline Sciamma, including *Water Lilies* (2007), *Tomboy* (2011), *Girlhood* (2014) and *Portrait of a Lady on Fire* (2019), as well as projects by other directors such as *Titane* (2021) and *Emilia Pérez* (2024). She also appeared as an actress in several films, including the role of La faiseuse d'ange in *Portrait of a Lady on Fire*.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (1)

- *Portrait of a Lady on Fire* (2019), Fi1m 89, as La faiseuse d'ange — [page](https://film.one/film/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire.md)

### Produced (4) — the average rests on these

- *Emilia Pérez* (2024), Fi1m 58, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/emilia-perez.md)
- *Petite Maman* (2021), Fi1m 88, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/petite-maman.md)
- *Titane* (2021), Fi1m 74, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/titane.md)
- *Ponette* (1996), Fi1m 84, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/ponette.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Miss Mermaid* (2026), as Mme Ramusat · Casting Director
- *French Lover* (2025), Casting
- *Maman veut pu'* (2024), Casting Director
- *Emilia Pérez* (2024), Casting — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/emilia-perez.md)
- *Latin for All* (2024), Casting Director
- *Under the Rainbow* (2023), Casting
- *Ama Gloria* (2023), Casting
- *In His Shadow* (2023), Casting Director
- *Le Marchand de sable* (2023), Casting
- *Our Ties* (2022), Casting
- *Other People's Children* (2022), Casting
- *Final Cut* (2022), Casting
- *A Family For 1640 Days* (2022), Casting
- *The Crusade* (2021), Casting
- *Paris, 13th District* (2021), Casting
- *Titane* (2021), Casting — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/titane.md)
- *Petite Maman* (2021), Casting — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/petite-maman.md)
- *Perfect Nanny* (2019), Casting
- *Portrait of a Lady on Fire* (2019), as La faiseuse d'ange · Casting — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire.md)
- *The Legend of Black Snake* (2019), Casting
- *A Faithful Man* (2018), Casting
- *Not on My Watch* (2017), Casting
- *Miss Impossible* (2017), Casting
- *Nocturama* (2016), Casting
- *Everything Now* (2016), Casting
- *Girlhood* (2014), Casting
- *Les Révoltés* (2014), Casting
- *La pièce manquante* (2014), Casting Director
- *Les lendemains* (2013), Casting
- *Folks* (2012), Casting
- *Dans la tourmente* (2012), Casting
- *Goldman* (2011), Casting
- *Tomboy* (2011), as La mère de Lisa · Casting
- *Our Day Will Come* (2010), Casting
- *Mom Lost It!* (2009), Casting
- *The Evening Dress* (2009), Casting
- *Alternate Weeks (and Half the Vacation)* (2009), Casting
- *Mourir d'aimer* (2009), Casting
- *Darling* (2007), as Madame Blanchard
- *Intimate Enemies* (2007), Casting
- *Teen Spirit* (2007), Casting
- *I Hate My Best Friends' Kids* (2007), Casting
- *Water Lilies* (2007), as L'inspectrice · Casting
- *Stolen Holidays* (2007), Casting
- *The Stone Council* (2006), Casting
- *School for All* (2006), Casting
- *Barrage* (2006), Casting
- *Les courants* (2005), Casting
- *The Devils* (2002), Casting
- *L'engrenage* (2001), Casting
- *Ponette* (1996), Casting — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ponette.md)

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