Audrey Sangla is a screenwriter and director. Her films put deaf characters and sign languages centre stage, exploring powerful themes: prison, disability, coercive control and end of life.

The daughter of Jacques Sangla, a pioneer of deaf rights in France and the first director of the French TV programme L’œil et la main, she grew up surrounded by filmmaking and activism. After more than fifteen years working in relay services, she co-directed her first documentary for France 5, broadcast in 2020. She has since directed four more, including My Father, a Committed Man and the film marking the 75th anniversary of the World Federation of the Deaf.

In fiction, she has written and directed four short films in sign language, shot in France, Denmark and Norway. Screened at festivals across four continents, they have won more than twenty awards.

She also gives talks and training sessions on the filmmaking process, in French Sign Language or International Sign.