Romain Gavras

Biography

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.

Known for

Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2022	Making Athena	Self
2019	Les Misérables	Mayor's Henchman (uncredited)
2010	Burke & Hare	French Family
2003	Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Sacrifice	Producer
—	Sacrifice	Writer
—	Sacrifice	Director
2022	Athena	Screenplay
2022	Athena	Director
2022	Athena	Producer
2018	The World Is Yours	Director
2018	The World Is Yours	Dialogue
2018	The World Is Yours	Screenplay
2018	The World Is Yours	Co-Producer
2013	1000 Lives	Director
2010	Our Day Will Come	Director
2010	Our Day Will Come	Writer
2010	Born Free	Director
2010	Born Free	Writers' Production
2008	A Cross the Universe	Director
2008	Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok	Director
2008	Stress	Director
2005	Mégalopolis	Director
2002	Easy Pizza Riderz	Director
2001	The Funk Hunt	Director