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.
The King of Escape
(Director)
The King of Escape
(Screenplay)
Time Has Come
(Writer)
Time Has Come
(Director)
No Rest for the Brave
(Director)
No Rest for the Brave
(Writer)
That Old Dream That Moves
(Director)
Sunshine for the Poor
(Director)
Sunshine for the Poor
(Writer)
Sunshine for the Poor
(Costume Design)
La force des choses
(Writer)
La force des choses
(Director)
La force des choses
(Producer)
Stranger by the Lake
(Director)
Stranger by the Lake
(Screenplay)
Straight Ahead Until Morning
(Director)
Straight Ahead Until Morning
(Writer)
Misericordia
(Writer)
Au Pic de Nore
(Director)
Au Pic de Nore
(Writer)
On m'a volé mon adolescence
(Director)
Heroes Never Die
(Writer)
Heroes Never Die
(Director)
Staying Vertical
(Director)
That Old Dream That Moves
(Writer)
Misericordia
(Director)
Staying Vertical
(Screenplay)
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
(Director)
Nobody's Hero
(Director)
Nobody's Hero
(Writer)