Known for

Directing

Born

Jul 15, 1964 (62 years old)

Place of birth

Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, France

Alain Guiraudie

Alain Guiraudie (born July 15, 1964), is 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.

Titles

Le Cercle

Series • 2005

Stranger by the Lake

Movie • 2013

Misericordia

Movie • 2024

Nobody's Hero

Movie • 2022

Time Has Come

Movie • 2005

Staying Vertical

Movie • 2016

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

Movie • 2019

The King of Escape

Movie • 2009

Straight Ahead Until Morning

Movie • 1994

No Rest for the Brave

Movie • 2003

That Old Dream That Moves

Movie • 2001

On m'a volé mon adolescence

Movie • 2008

Heroes Never Die

Movie • 1990

Sunshine for the Poor

Movie • 2001