Born in 1931, Véra Belmont began as an actress in TV series of the 1950's such as "Les cinq dernières minutes". She then starts to produce films such as Paul Vecchiali's "Les Ruses du Diable" and José Giovanni first long feature "La loi du survivant". In 1970, she produces with François Truffaut "La Faute de l'abbé Mouret", then Maurice Pialat's first film "L'Enfance nue" and in 1974, "Un condé". With her production company STEPHAN FILMS, she finances in 1975 André Téchiné's first long feature "Souvenirs d'en France"; she supports too Jean-Jacques Annaud's "La Guerre du feu". As a filmmaker, she first directs "Les oeillets rouges d'Avril", and then in 1977 her first long feature "Prisonniers de Mao".