6.6
Movie
Directing
Romain Gavras
- Born
- (age 45)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Credits
- 24 titles
Biography
Romain Gavras (French: [ʁɔmɛ̃ ɡavʁas]; born 4 July 1981) is a French director. He is known for directing M.I.A.'s videos "Bad Girls" and "Born Free," Kanye West and Jay-Z's video "No Church in the Wild," and Jamie xx's video "Gosh." He also directed Justice's "Stress.".
His second film, The World Is Yours, was screened at the Directors' Fortnight during the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. His third film, Athena (2022), had its premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.
Gavras is the son of Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras. He is part of the film group Kourtrajmé with Kim Chapiron, Ladj Ly, and Toumani Sangaré.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Romain Gavras, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Signature work
Known For
6.6
Movie
6.1
Movie
Burke & Hare
6.7
Movie
The World Is Yours
6.9
Movie
The Ax
6.8
Movie
Primetime
6.2
Movie
Our Day Will Come
6.0
Movie
The King of Algiers
4.8
Movie
Banger
6.3
Movie
The Moment
5.0
Movie
Sacrifice
8.0
Movie
A Cross the Universe
7.8
Movie
Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok
7.8
Movie
Easy Pizza Riderz
3.5
Movie
Kourtrajmé Vol 1
Movie
Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim
Movie
The Funk Hunt
Movie
Mégalopolis
Movie
Signatune
Acting credits 7
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Banger Film | Guitarist |
| 2022 | Making Athena Film | Self |
| 2019 | Les Misérables Film | Mayor's Henchman (uncredited) |
| 2010 | Burke & Hare Film | French Family |
| 2005 | The Ax Film | Civil Inspector |
| 2003 | Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim Film | |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards TV | Self (1 ep) |
Crew credits 17
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Signatune Film | Director, Writer |
| TBA | Main basse sur le Louvre Film | Director, Screenplay |
| 2026 | Primetime Film | Thanks |
| 2026 | GENER8ION: STORM starring Yung Lean Film | Director |
| 2026 | Sacrifice Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2026 | The Moment Film | Thanks |
| 2023 | The King of Algiers Film | Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Athena Film | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 2018 | The World Is Yours Film | Director, Co-Producer, Screenplay, Dialogue |
| 2010 | Our Day Will Come Film | Director, Writer |
| 2008 | A Cross the Universe Film | Director |
| 2008 | Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok Film | Director |
| 2005 | Mégalopolis Film | Director |
| 2004 | La Banana Film | Director |
| 2003 | Kourtrajmé Vol 1 Film | Writer |
| 2002 | Easy Pizza Riderz Film | Director |
| 2001 | The Funk Hunt Film | Director |