Romain Gavras

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1981-07-04 (43 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Romain Gavras

Biography

Romain Gavras (born 4 July 1981 in Paris, France) is a French filmmaker. He is known for directing Jamie xx's video "Gosh", Kanye West's video "No Church in the Wild" and M.I.A.'s video "Bad Girls". He also directed Justice's "Stress" and M.I.A.'s "Born Free", both controversial for their depiction of graphic violence. Gavras' films and music videos often portray a gritty setting juxtaposed with high energy content. His second film, The World Is Yours (Le Monde est à toi) was screened at the Directors' Fortnight during the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Born in Paris, Gavras grew up in a family of filmmakers. He is the youngest son of French journalist and film producer, Michèle Ray-Gavras, and Greek filmmaker, Costa-Gavras. His sister, Julie Gavras, and brother, Alexandre Gavras, are also filmmakers. In 1995, he co-founded the film collective Kourtrajmé with his childhood friend Kim Chapiron. Source: Article "Romain Gavras" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Director

Sacrifice

as Director

2022
Athena

as Director

2018
The World Is Yours

as Director

2013
1000 Lives

as Director

2010
Our Day Will Come

as Director

2010
Born Free

as Director

2008
2008
Stress

as Director

2005
Mégalopolis

as Director

2002
Easy Pizza Riderz

as Director

2001
The Funk Hunt

as Director

Writer

Sacrifice

as Writer

2022
Athena

as Screenplay

2018
The World Is Yours

as Screenplay

2018
The World Is Yours

as Dialogue

2010
2010
Born Free

as Writers' Production

Actor

2022
2019
Les Misérables

as Mayor's Henchman (uncredited)

2010
Burke & Hare

as French Family

Producer

Sacrifice

as Producer

2022
Athena

as Producer

2018
The World Is Yours

as Co-Producer