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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.

Known For

Sunshine for the Poor
Sunshine for the Poor
Un petit cas de conscience
Un petit cas de conscience
Heroes Never Die
Heroes Never Die
Après la lutte
Après la lutte
Du possible
Du possible

Filmography

2017 Marcians
as Self
2013 Stranger by the Lake
as Philippe's Friend (uncredited)
2006 Après la lutte
as Self
2006 Du possible
as Lui-même
2005 Le Cercle
as Self
2002 Un petit cas de conscience
as Mario
2001 Sunshine for the Poor
as Carol Izba
1993 Les Yeux au Plafond
as
1990 Heroes Never Die
as