Caroline Chomienne was born in Marocco and grew up in Spain and Marseille, south of France, where she was first a dancer at the Opera.
She studied at the Universities of Law, Litterature an Cinema in Aix-en-Provence. There, she met the director René Allio who produced her first documentary on Raùl Ruiz, selected in Cannes Director's fortnight. The second one was produced by Pierre Braumberger and got the Best directing award in Grenoble. The third one went to a lot of festivals all over the world.
She began to develop with Félix Guattari an organization of young directors, and since then, she coproduced her feature films with Gérard Vaugeois - Les films de l'Atalante, Ghassan Salhab, GH films, and Michaël Raeburn - Créative caméra productions.
She also produced fifty young director's short films and Michael Raeburn's last feature film,Triomf.
Her four features films paints the portrait of young musicians, from hip hop to flamenco, from french song to world music.
Jean-Michel Frodon wrotes in Le Monde "Caroline Chomienne redefines the world of the cinema the same way hip hop redefined the world of music and dance. This is the real thing : the pulsating words and gestures, the tempo of lights, the shaking booty. Nothing is romanticed. This is the heartbeat of rebellion."
And Liberation wrote "Written in collaboration with its actors, the mainly handed camera captures gritty inner city life in the same style as the eternal "Shadows" by Jojn Cassavetes.
Her next film will be shot in a Middle east town, a trio love story between world music great singers.