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Romain Gavras (b. 1981)

Birthplace:
Paris, France

Born:
July 4, 1981

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Co-Producer:
2018  The World Is Yours

Dialogue:
2018  The World Is Yours

Director:
2001  The Funk Hunt
2002  Easy Pizza Riderz
2005  Mégalopolis
2008  A Cross the Universe
2008  Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok
2008  Stress
2010  Born Free
2010  Our Day Will Come
2013  1000 Lives
2018  The World Is Yours
2022  Athena
????  Sacrifice

Producer:
2001  The Funk Hunt
2002  Easy Pizza Riderz
2005  Mégalopolis
2008  A Cross the Universe
2008  Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok
2008  Stress
2010  Born Free
2010  Our Day Will Come
2013  1000 Lives
2018  The World Is Yours
2022  Athena
????  Sacrifice

Screenplay:
2001  The Funk Hunt
2002  Easy Pizza Riderz
2005  Mégalopolis
2008  A Cross the Universe
2008  Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok
2008  Stress
2010  Born Free
2010  Our Day Will Come
2013  1000 Lives
2018  The World Is Yours
2022  Athena
????  Sacrifice

Writer:
2001  The Funk Hunt
2002  Easy Pizza Riderz
2005  Mégalopolis
2008  A Cross the Universe
2008  Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok
2008  Stress
2010  Born Free
2010  Our Day Will Come
2013  1000 Lives
2018  The World Is Yours
2022  Athena
????  Sacrifice

Writers' Production:
2001  The Funk Hunt
2002  Easy Pizza Riderz
2005  Mégalopolis
2008  A Cross the Universe
2008  Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok
2008  Stress
2010  Born Free
2010  Our Day Will Come
2013  1000 Lives
2018  The World Is Yours
2022  Athena
????  Sacrifice

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