Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-12-31 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire

Biography

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (born 31 December 1968; Paris), is a French director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of films Johnny Mad Dog (2008), A Prayer Before Dawn (2017) and Black Flies (2023). Sauvaire was born on 31 December 1968 in Paris, France. He currently lives in New York City. In 1991, he started film career as a first assistant director of the film Les Nuits Fauves by Cyril Collard. Then he joined the crew for the films Les Demons de Jesus and Les Grandes Bouches directed by Bernie Bonvoisin, I Stand Alone by Gaspar Noé, Sous Les Pieds Des Femmes directed by Rachida Krim, Hors Jeu by Karim Dridi, Louise (...

Acting

2014

Welcome to New York

as Male Journalist

Production

2008

Johnny Mad Dog

as Director

2001

A Dios

as Director of Photography

2001

A Dios

as Director

2001

A Dios

as Writer

2005

Kill Him

as Writer

2005

Kill Him

as Director

2005

Kill Him

as Sound Engineer

2012

Punk

as Director

2012

Punk

as Writer

2011

Heat Wave

as Producer

1998

Foul Play

as Assistant Director

1999

Louise (Take 2)

as Assistant Director

2015

Bizarre

as Co-Producer

2018

2004

2000

The Mule

as Director

2000

The Mule

as Writer

2008

Johnny Mad Dog

as Casting

2018

1995

Éclats de famille

as Assistant Director

2008

Johnny Mad Dog

as Screenplay

2004

Why (Not) Brazil?

as Camera Operator

2005

Kill Him

as Director of Photography

2008

Johnny Mad Dog

as Producer

1992

Savage Nights

as Producer's Assistant

1993

The Tenors

as Second Assistant Director

2004

1996

L'embellie

as First Assistant Director

2004

Carlitos Medellin

as Director of Photography

1997

Sous les pieds des femmes

as First Assistant Director

1999

Les Grandes Bouches

as First Assistant Director

1997

Echec au capital

as First Assistant Director

2000

Love Me

as First Assistant Director

1994

Everyone Is Perfect

as Assistant Director

1997

Les Démons de Jésus

as First Assistant Director

2018

2024

Asphalt City

as Director

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