Alain Guiraudie

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-07-15 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, France

Alain Guiraudie

Biography

The director was born in 1964, the son of a farming family in Villefranche-de-Rouergue in the southwest of France, where most of his films are set. His most successful film to date, Stranger by the Lake, won the Best Director Award in Un Certain Regard at Cannes as well as the Queer Palm. Also a novelist, he published his debut title “Ici commence la nuit” in 2014. His film Staying Vertical screened in competition at the 2016 Cannes film festival.

Acting

2001

2013

Stranger by the Lake

as Philippe's Friend (uncredited)

2006

2006

Du possible

as Lui-même

Production

2009

2009

The King of Escape

as Screenplay

2005

Time Has Come

as Writer

2005

Time Has Come

as Director

2003

2001

2001

Sunshine for the Poor

as Costume Design

1997

1997

1997

2013

2013

2024

Misericordia

as Writer

1996

Au Pic de Nore

as Director

1996

1990

1990

Heroes Never Die

as Director

2016

Staying Vertical

as Director

2024

Misericordia

as Director

2016

Staying Vertical

as Screenplay

2022

Nobody's Hero

as Director

2022

Nobody's Hero

as Writer

1996

Au Pic de Nore

as Cinematography

1996

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L'Île

as Director

-

L'Île

as Writer

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