Alain Guiraudie

Director

BIOGRAPHIE

Director, screenwriter, writer France From a family of Aveyron farmers, Alain Guiraudie became passionate about popular culture at a young age, in parallel with his studies in history which he pursued in Montpellier, where he developed his sense of activism. He gave up his university studies to embark on writing and directing films, with six short films over ten years. In his own roguish style, halfway between western and philosophical tale sprinkled with surrealism, he tries in his short films to present the reality of the working class, as was the case in his film that remains perhaps the most well-known, That Old Dream that Moves (Ce vieux rêve qui bouge), which Jean-Luc Godard had designated as the "best film of the Cannes Film Festival" while in competition at the Directors' Fortnight. Attached to the Sud-Ouest region where he continues to shoot a large part of his films, Alain Guiraudie transitioned to the long format with his sensual and metaphysical thriller Stranger by the Lake (L’Inconnu du lac), selected in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival in 2013, which opened his career to a wider audience. In 2022, his latest feature film Nobody’s Hero (Viens je t’emmène) was released, shot in Clermont-Ferrand. SHORT FILMS Director, screenwriter 1990: Heroes Never Die (Les Héros sont immortels) 1994: Straight Ahead Until Morning (Tout droit jusqu'au matin), Distributors selection Clermont-Fd 2002, Invited School : GREC selection Clermont-Fd 2010, Collections: GREC #1: 50 years / 5 films selection Clermont-Fd 2019, Audio description selection Clermont-Fd 2023 1996: Au Pic de Nore 1997: La Force des choses, Distributors selection Clermont-Fd 2002 2000: Sunshine for the Poor (Du soleil pour les gueux), Distributors selection Clermont-Fd 2002 2001: That Old Dream that Mooves (Ce vieux rêve qui bouge), French Regional Showcase and Distributors selection Clermont-Fd 2002, Jean-Vigo Prize 2001 Actor 1990: Heroes Never Die (Les Héros sont immortels) 1993: Les Yeux au plafond de Mathieu Amalric 2000: Sunshine for the Poor (Du soleil pour les gueux) FEATURE FILMS Director, screenwriter 2003: No Rest for the Brave (Pas de repos pour les braves) 2005: Time Has Come (Voici venu le temps) 2009: The King of Escape (Le Roi de l’évasion) 2013: Stranger by the Lake (L’Inconnu du lac), Best Director Award and Queer Palm - Cannes Film Festival 2013 2016: Staying Vertical (Rester vertical) 2021: Nobody’s Hero (Viens je t’emmène) TV FILM Director 2008: C’est votre histoire (On m’a volé mon adolescence episode) BIBLIOGRAPHY Writer 2014: Now the Night Begins (Ici commence la nuit) (ed. POL), Sade Prize 2014 2021: Rabalaïre (ed. POL)

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