Alice Douard studied at La Fémis in the directing department. Her graduation film, Extrasystole, was selected for numerous festivals. She then directed two other short films, Les Filles and Plein Ouest, while also working as a script supervisor. In 2022, she co-founded the production company Les Films de June with Marie Boitard and directed L’attente, which won the César Award for Best Fiction Short Film in 2024. That same year, she directed and co-produced her first feature film, Des preuves d’amour (Love Letters), which was selected for the Critics’ Week at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.