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.
Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Best Director Award
Known For
Stranger by the Lake
(2013)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Heroes Never Die
(1990)
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Straight Ahead Until Morning
(1994)
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Au Pic de Nore
(1996)
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La force des choses
(1997)
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That Old Dream That Moves
(2001)
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Sunshine for the Poor
(2001)
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No Rest for the Brave
(2003)
Director
Time Has Come
(2005)
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On m'a volé mon adolescence
(2008)
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The King of Escape
(2009)
Director
Stranger by the Lake
(2013)
Director
Staying Vertical
(2016)
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30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
(2019)
Director
Nobody's Hero
(2022)
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Acting
Heroes Never Die
(1990)
Les Yeux au Plafond
(1993)
Sunshine for the Poor
(2001)
Carol Izba
Un petit cas de conscience
(2002)
Mario
Stranger by the Lake
(2013)
Philippe's Friend (uncredited)
Writing
Heroes Never Die
(1990)
Writer
Straight Ahead Until Morning
(1994)
Writer
Au Pic de Nore
(1996)
Writer
La force des choses
(1997)
Writer
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)
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Production
Costume & Make-Up