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Romain Gavras

  • Director
  • Actor
  • Producer
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Romain Gavras
Romain Gavras was born on 4 July 1981 in Paris, France. He is a director and actor, known for Athena (2022), Our Day Will Come (2010) and Sacrifice.
BornJuly 4, 1981
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BornJuly 4, 1981
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Athena (2022)
    Athena
    6.8
    Movie
    • Director
    • 2022
    Vincent Cassel and Olivier Barthélémy in Our Day Will Come (2010)
    Our Day Will Come
    6.1
    Movie
    • Director
    • 2010
    Sacrifice
    Movie
    • Director
      M.I.A. in M.I.A.: Bad Girls (2012)
      M.I.A.: Bad Girls
      7.7
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2012

      Credits

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      Director

      • Sacrifice
        • Director
        • Post-production
      • Athena (2022)
        Athena
        6.8
        • Director
        • 2022
      • Gener8ion Feat 070 Shake: Neo Surf (2021)
        Gener8ion Feat 070 Shake: Neo Surf
        Music Video
        • Director
        • 2021
      • Louis Vuitton: Coeur Battant (2019)
        Louis Vuitton: Coeur Battant
        7.5
        Short
        • Director
        • 2019
      • Dior J'adore: The New Absolu (2018)
        Dior J'adore: The New Absolu
        7.8
        Video
        • Director
        • 2018
      • The World Is Yours (2018)
        The World Is Yours
        6.3
        • Director
        • 2018
      • Powerade: The Corner (2016)
        Powerade: The Corner
        7.0
        Video
        • Director
        • 2016
      • Jamie XX: Gosh (Version 2) (2016)
        Jamie XX: Gosh (Version 2)
        8.5
        Music Video
        • Director
        • 2016
      • Justice: Stress
        7.8
        Music Video
        • Director
        • 2013
      • Dior: 1000 Lives - Dior Homme (2013)
        Dior: 1000 Lives - Dior Homme
        7.7
        Music Video
        • Director (directed by)
        • 2013
      • JAY-Z & Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean: No Church in the Wild (2012)
        JAY-Z & Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean: No Church in the Wild
        7.5
        Music Video
        • Director
        • 2012
      • M.I.A. in M.I.A.: Bad Girls (2012)
        M.I.A.: Bad Girls
        7.7
        Music Video
        • Director
        • 2012
      • Yves Saint Laurent: Opium (2011)
        Yves Saint Laurent: Opium
        6.5
        Video
        • Director
        • 2011
      • Adidas: Adidas Is All In (2011)
        Adidas: Adidas Is All In
        6.2
        Video
        • Director
        • 2011
      • Olivier Barthélémy in DJ Mehdi: Signatune (2011)
        DJ Mehdi: Signatune
        7.5
        Music Video
        • Director
        • 2011
      • Vincent Cassel and Olivier Barthélémy in Our Day Will Come (2010)
        Our Day Will Come
        6.1
        • Director
        • 2010

      Actor

      • Kad Merad and Denis Podalydès in Le dernier souffle (2024)
        Le dernier souffle
        6.6
        • Membre famille Sidonie
        • 2024
      • Vincent Belorgey in Kavinsky ft. Kareen Lomax: Cameo (2022)
        Kavinsky ft. Kareen Lomax: Cameo
        6.5
        Music Video
        • 2022
      • Samy Naceri, Ludivine Sagnier, Bun-hay Mean, Roman Frayssinet, and Djimo in Fake News (2021)
        Fake News
        4.0
        • Voyant 2
        • 2021
      • Les Misérables (2019)
        Les Misérables
        7.6
        • Homme de main du Maire (uncredited)
        • 2019
      • David Achkar, Michèle André, Michèle André, Philippe Berodot, Mehdi Charef, Christophe Farnarier, Jean-Jacques Jauffret, Pascal Mathieu, Michel Montanary, Denis Morel, Nicky Naudé, Kim Nezzar, Lionel Perrin, Jacques Ruisseau, Lucia Stefanel, Antoine Mazarin, Denis Dommel, Cytise Fontaine, Compagnie Zizanie, Compagnie Close-Act, Sylvie Pradel, Laurent Cheron, Tony Roussel, Marine Quéméré, Frédéric Jakubowicz, Germain Colombier, Henri Denicourt, Gérard Thierry, Zaho de Sagazan, Nathalie Le Guellec, Iojik, Valérie Marchant, Eric Bourlion, Isolda Stefanel, Christine Faure, Ange de Saint-Mont, Mireille Mirej, Pascal Karon, Yves Lorch, Vincent Sitz, Alain Mathecowitsch, Marie-Louise Grognet, Olivier Legendre, Marie-Hélène Gambier, Lionel Volta, Hervé Thiry-Duval, Pierre-Yves Mathieu, Valérie Marcelli, Lionel Lamant, Roger Faure, Frédéric Constant, Lauren Marceaux Deguignet, Kelkin, Laure Abouaf, Jean-Jacques Jaurès, Gil Morand, Pierre-Yves Matthieu, Ramazan Bulut, Philippe Pasquini, Emmanuelle Franc, Lorraine de Sagazan, Antoine Pizon, Jacques Jauffret, Serge Franco, Olivier De Sagazan, Kenneth Dagatan, Ronald Alphonse, Michèle Clément, Kasia Wolf, Pascal Duthuin, Romuald Rocheta, Florence Babin, Stephen James Back, Sophie Bécourt, Florent Jakubowicz, Alain Peron, Diane Duthuin, Sylvain Vilpellet, Camille Mandot, Caroline Brassier, Aline Pariset, Douglas Kalifa, Anne-James Chaton, Jean-Philippe Aizier, and Pierre Ndjami Makanda in Le Rêve aux Loups (2014)
        Le Rêve aux Loups, public reading
        Video
        • Spectator
        • 2014
      • Isla Fisher, Simon Pegg, and Andy Serkis in Burke and Hare (2010)
        Burke and Hare
        6.1
        • French Family
        • 2010
      • Mon colonel (2006)
        Mon colonel
        7.0
        • Prisonnier FLN
        • 2006
      • Vincent Cassel in Satan (2006)
        Satan
        5.6
        • Brancardier (uncredited)
        • 2006
      • José Garcia in The Ax (2005)
        The Ax
        7.3
        • Inspecteur civil
        • 2005
      • Traitement de substitution n°4 (2002)
        Traitement de substitution n°4
        5.0
        Video
        • 2002
      • Petit Ben (2000)
        Petit Ben
        6.4
        TV Movie
        • Un jeune à la bijouterie
        • 2000

      Producer

      • Sacrifice
        • producer
        • Post-production
      • Benoît Magimel and Reda Kateb in The King of Algiers (2023)
        The King of Algiers
        5.9
        • executive producer
        • 2023
      • Athena (2022)
        Athena
        6.8
        • producer
        • 2022
      • 6 X Confiné.e.s (2021)
        6 X Confiné.e.s
        4.4
        TV Series
        • producer
        • 2021
      • Pink Noise: Papa Belly (2020)
        Pink Noise: Papa Belly
        Music Video
        • producer
        • 2020
      • Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus: Nothing Breaks Like a Heart (2018)
        Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus: Nothing Breaks Like a Heart
        7.1
        Music Video
        • executive producer
        • 2018
      • The World Is Yours (2018)
        The World Is Yours
        6.3
        • co-producer
        • 2018
      • Gener8ion Feat. M.I.A.: The New International Sound Pt. II (2015)
        Gener8ion Feat. M.I.A.: The New International Sound Pt. II
        6.8
        Music Video
        • executive producer
        • 2015
      • Ghettotube (2015)
        Ghettotube
        7.2
        Short
        • producer
        • 2015
      • A Cross the Universe (2008)
        A Cross the Universe
        7.4
        Video
        • producer
        • 2008

      Personal details

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      • Born
        • July 4, 1981
        • Paris, France
      • Parents
        • Costa-Gavras
      • Other works
        Director: TV commercial for "Belle d'Opium" fragrance from Yves Saint-Laurent featuring Mélanie Thierry. Cinematography: Akram Khan. Music: Nitin Sawhney.

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        Son of Costa-Gavras and Michèle Ray-Gavras.

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