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 (French: [ʁɔmɛ̃ ɡavʁas]; born 4 July 1981) is a French director. He is known for directing M.I.A.'s videos "Bad Girls" and "Born Free," Kanye West and Jay-Z's video "No Church in the Wild," and Jamie xx's video "Gosh." He also directed Justice's "Stress.". His second film, The World Is Yours, was screened at the Directors' Fortnight during the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. His third film, Athena (2022), had its premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Gavras is the son of Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras. He is part of the film group Kourtrajmé with Kim Chapiron, Ladj Ly, and Toumani Sangaré. Description above from the Wikipedia article Romain Gavras, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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 Dialogue

2018
The World Is Yours

as Screenplay

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