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 (6 movies)
Directing (15 movies)
The King of Escape
2009
Time Has Come
2005
No Rest for the Brave
2003
That Old Dream That Moves
2001
Sunshine for the Poor
2001
La force des choses
1997
Stranger by the Lake
2013
Straight Ahead Until Morning
1994
Au Pic de Nore
1996
On m'a volé mon adolescence
2008
Heroes Never Die
1990
Staying Vertical
2016
Misericordia
2024
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019
Nobody's Hero
2022
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Heroes Never Die | 1990 | Writer |
| Straight Ahead Until Morning | 1994 | Writer |
| Au Pic de Nore | 1996 | Writer |
| La force des choses | 1997 | Writer |
| La force des choses | 1997 | Producer |
| Sunshine for the Poor | 2001 | Writer |
| That Old Dream That Moves | 2001 | Writer |
| No Rest for the Brave | 2003 | Writer |
| Time Has Come | 2005 | Writer |
| The King of Escape | 2009 | Screenplay |
| Stranger by the Lake | 2013 | Screenplay |
| Staying Vertical | 2016 | Screenplay |
| Nobody's Hero | 2022 | Writer |
| Misericordia | 2024 | Writer |