Réalisateurs français

1. Gérard Oury

Gérard Oury was born on April 29, 1919 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Sucker (1965), The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973) and Ace of Aces (1982). He was married to Jacqueline Roman. He died on July 19, 2006 in Saint-Tropez, Var, France.

1965 : Le Corniaud 1966 : La Grande Vadrouille 1971 : La Folie des grandeurs 1973 : Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob 1982 : L'As des as 1984 : La Vengeance du serpent à plumes 1999 : Le Schpountz

2. Éric Rohmer

Director | Ma nuit chez Maud

Admirers have always had difficulty explaining Éric Rohmer's "Je ne sais quoi." Part of the challenge stems from the fact that, despite his place in French Nouvelle Vague (i.e., New Wave), his work is unlike that of his colleagues. While this may be due to the auteur's unwillingness to conform, ...

1967 : La Collectionneuse 1969 : Ma nuit chez Maud 1970 : Le Genou de Claire 1972 : L'Amour l'après-midi

3. Yves Robert

Writer | Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire

Yves Robert was born on June 21, 1920 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972), War of the Buttons (1962) and Les petites magiciennes (1986). He was married to Danièle Delorme. He died on May 10, 2002 in Paris, France.

1961 : La Guerre des boutons 1967 : Alexandre le bienheureux 1972 : Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire 1976 : Un éléphant ça trompe énormément 1977 : Nous irons tous au paradis 1990 : La Gloire de mon père 1990 : Le Château de ma mère 1992 : Le Bal des casse-pieds

4. Henri Verneuil

Director | I... comme Icare

Henri Verneuil was born on October 15, 1920 in Rodosto, Ottoman Empire [now Tekirdag, Turkey]. He was a director and writer, known for I... For Icarus (1979), The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954) and Mother (1991). He was married to Françoise Bonnot and Véronique Sedro. He died on January 11, 2002 in ...

1959 : La Vache et le Prisonnier 1962 : Un singe en hiver 1963 : Mélodie en sous-sol 1969 : Le Clan des Siciliens 1974 : Peur sur la ville 1979 : I...comme Icare 1982 : Mille Milliards de Dollars

5. Alain Resnais

Director | Hiroshima mon amour

Alain Resnais was born on June 3, 1922 in Vannes, Morbihan, France. He was a director and editor, known for Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), Same Old Song (1997) and My American Uncle (1980). He was married to Sabine Azéma and Florence Malraux. He died on March 1, 2014 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, ...

1956 : Nuit et brouillard 1959 : Hiroshima mon amour 1961 : L'Année dernière à Marienbad 1963 : Muriel 1993 : Smoking / No Smoking 1997 : On connaît la chanson

6. Claude Sautet

Writer | Un coeur en hiver

Claude Sautet was born on February 23, 1924 in Montrouge, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. He was a writer and director, known for A Heart in Winter (1992), Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud (1995) and The Things of Life (1970). He was married to Graziella Sautet. He died on July 22, 2000 in Paris, ...

1970 : Les Choses de la vie 1971 : Max et les Ferrailleurs 1972 : César et Rosalie 1974 : Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres 1980 : Un mauvais fils 1991 : Un cœur en hiver 1995 : Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud

7. Maurice Pialat

Director | À nos amours

Maurice Pialat was a French film director. Film critics have noted the naturalist style of his films, and their autobiographical elements.

Pialat obtained his first camera when only 16-years-old, but his early career involved creating documentary short films. His ambition was to become a painter and...

1968 : L'Enfance nue 1972 : Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble 1980 : Loulou 1983 : À nos amours 1987 : Sous le soleil de Satan 1991 : Van Gogh

8. Georges Lautner

Director | Le professionnel

Georges Lautner was born on January 24, 1926 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Professional (1981), Crooks in Clover (1963) and Galia (1966). He was married to Caroline Lautner. He died on November 22, 2013 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

1963 : Les Tontons flingueurs 1964 : Les Barbouzes 1968 : Le Pacha 1979 : Flic ou Voyou 1981 : Le Professionnel 1984 : Joyeuses Pâques

9. Agnès Varda

Director | Cléo de 5 à 7

Agnès Varda was born on May 30, 1928 in Ixelles, Belgium. She was a director and writer, known for Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), Vagabond (1985) and Faces Places (2017). She was married to Jacques Demy. She died on March 29, 2019 in Paris, France.

1962 : Cléo de 5 à 7 1965 : Le Bonheur 1985 : Sans toit ni loi 2000 : Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse 2008 : Les Plages d'Agnès

10. Claude Chabrol

Director | Le beau Serge

Claude Chabrol was born on June 24, 1930 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Le Beau Serge (1958), La Cérémonie (1995) and Story of Women (1988). He was married to Aurore Chabrol, Stéphane Audran and Agnès Goute. He died on September 12, 2010 in Paris, France.

1959 : Le Beau Serge 1959 : Les Cousins 1960 : Les Bonnes Femmes 1969 : La Femme infidèle 1969 : Que la bête meure 1970 : Le Boucher 1991 : Madame Bovary 1995 : La Cérémonie 2000 : Merci pour le chocolat

11. Jean-Luc Godard

Director | Bande à part

Jean-Luc Godard was born in Paris on December 3, 1930, the second of four children in a bourgeois Franco-Swiss family. His father was a doctor who owned a private clinic, and his mother came from a preeminent family of Swiss bankers. During World War II Godard became a naturalized citizen of ...

1960 : À bout de souffle 1961 : Une femme est une femme 1963 : Le Mépris 1964 : Bande à part 1965 : Pierrot le fou 1968 : Le Gai Savoir 1979 : Sauve qui peut (la vie) 1988 : Histoire(s) du cinéma

12. François Truffaut

Writer | La nuit américaine

French director François Truffaut began to assiduously go to the movies at age seven. He was also a great reader but not a good pupil. He left school at 14 and started working. In 1947, aged 15, he founded a film club and met André Bazin, a French critic, who became his protector. Bazin helped the ...

1959 : Les Quatre Cents Coups 1962 : Jules et Jim 1968 : Baisers volés 1973 : La Nuit américaine 1975 : L'Histoire d'Adèle H. 1980 : Le Dernier Métro

13. Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Writer | Cyrano de Bergerac

Jean-Paul Rappeneau was born on April 8, 1932 in Auxerre, Yonne, France. He is a writer and director, known for Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), A Matter of Resistance (1966) and Bon Voyage (2003).

1966 : La Vie de château 1971 : Les Mariés de l'an II 1975 : Le Sauvage 1982 : Tout feu, tout flamme 1990 : Cyrano de Bergerac 1995 : Le Hussard sur le toit 2003 : Bon voyage

14. Louis Malle

Director | Au revoir les enfants

Louis Malle, the descendant of a French nobleman who made a fortune in beet sugar during the Napoleonic Wars, created films that explored life and its meaning. Malle's family discouraged his early interest in film but, in 1950, allowed him to enter the Institute of Advanced Cinematographic Studies ...

1955 : Le Monde du silence 1957 : Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958 : Les Amants 1960 : Zazie dans le métro 1980 : Atlantic City 1981 : My Dinner with André 1987 : Au revoir les enfants 1990 : Milou en mai

15. Jean Becker

Director | La tête en friche

Jean Becker was born on May 10, 1933 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010), Dialogue avec mon jardinier (2007) and The Children of the Marshland (1999).

1983 : L’Été meurtrier 1995 : Élisa 1999 : Les Enfants du marais 2003 : Effroyables Jardins 2007 : Dialogue avec mon jardinier 2008 : Deux jours à tuer

16. Claude Berri

Writer | Jean de Florette

Claude Berri was born on July 1, 1934 in Paris, France. He was a producer and actor, known for Jean de Florette (1986), Germinal (1993) and The Two of Us (1967). He was married to Sylvie Gautrelet and Anne-Marie Rassam. He died on January 12, 2009 in Paris, France.

1966 : Le Vieil homme et l'enfant 1980 : Je vous aime 1981 Le Maître d'école 1983 : Tchao Pantin 1986 : Jean de Florette et Manon des sources 1990 : Uranus 1993 : Germinal 1996 : Lucie Aubrac 1999 : La débandade 2006 : Ensemble, c'est tout

17. Claude Zidi

Writer | Les ripoux

One of the most successfully commercial directors of France with smash comedy hits as the Charlots , Les Sous-Doués and Les Ripoux series. Also made the first Asterix and Obelix movie, La Totale (later remade by James Cameron as "True Lies") and Banzai (with Coluche). It got him the nickname "Mr. ...

1971 : Les Bidasses en folie 1976 : L'Aile ou la Cuisse 1977 : L'Animal 1978 : La Zizanie 1980 : Les Sous-doués 1980 : Inspecteur la Bavure 1983 : Banzaï 1984 : Les Ripoux 1987 : Association de malfaiteurs 1989 : Ripoux contre ripoux 1991 : La Totale ! 1997 : Arlette

18. Philippe Labro

Writer | Tout peut arriver

Philippe Labro was born on August 27, 1936 in Montauban, France. He is a writer and director, known for Tout peut arriver (1969), The Inheritor (1973) and The Hunter Will Get You (1976). He has been married to Françoise Labro since August 12, 1978. They have two children.

1969 : Tout peut arriver 1971 : Sans mobile apparent 1973 : L'Héritier 1976 : L'Alpagueur 1983 : La Crime 1984 : Rive droite, rive gauche

19. Francis Veber

Writer | Le dîner de cons

Francis Veber was born on July 28, 1937 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. He is a writer and director, known for Le Dîner de Cons (1998), The Birdcage (1996) and Ruby & Quentin (2003). He has been married to Françoise Veber since January 11, 1964. They have two ...

1976 : Le Jouet 1981 : La Chèvre 1983 : Les Compères 1986 : Les Fugitifs 1996 : Le Jaguar 1998 : Le Dîner de cons 2000 : Le Placard

20. Claude Lelouch

Director | Un homme et une femme

He started off by making short films for television on which he was producer,screenwriter and cameraman. This was interrupted by military service in the army but only partly as he was put into the army film unit where he made over 100 films. Demobbed in 1960 he used family money for his first ...

1966 : Un homme et une femme 1967 : Vivre pour vivre 1972 : L'aventure c'est l'aventure 1974 : Toute une vie 1978 : Robert et Robert 1981 : Les Uns et les Autres 1987 : Attention bandits ! 1988 : Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté 1993 : Tout ça... pour ça ! 1994 : Les Misérables 1996 : Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi

21. Bertrand Blier

Writer | Le bruit des glaçons

Bertrand Blier was born on March 14, 1939 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. He is a writer and director, known for The Clink of Ice (2010), Too Beautiful for You (1989) and 1, 2, 3, Freeze (1993).

1974 : Les Valseuses 1976 : Calmos 1978 : Préparez vos mouchoirs 1979 : Buffet froid 1981 : Beau-père 1984 : Notre histoire 1986 : Tenue de soirée 1989 : Trop belle pour toi 1991 : Merci la vie 1993 : Un, deux, trois, soleil 2000 : Les Acteurs 2010 : Le Bruit des glaçons

22. Bertrand Tavernier

Director | Un dimanche à la campagne

Bertrand Tavernier was the son of Geneviève (Dumond) and René Tavernier, who was a publicist, writer, and president of the French PEN club. He was a law student that preferred write film criticisms. He also wrote a few books about American movies. Then his first film won a few awards in France and ...

1974 : L'Horloger de Saint-Paul 1975 : Que la fête commence... 1976 : Le Juge et l'assassin 1981 : Coup de torchon 1984 : Un dimanche à la campagne 1989 : La vie et rien d'autre 1992 : L.627 1995 : L'Appât 1996 : Capitaine Conan 2002 : Laissez-passer 2009 : Dans la brume électrique 2013 : Quai d'Orsay

23. Danièle Thompson

Writer | La bûche

Danièle Thompson was born on January 3, 1942 in Monaco. She is a writer and director, known for The Log (1999), Orchestra Seats (2006) and Queen Margot (1994). She is married to Albert Koski. She was previously married to Richard Thompson.

1999 : La Bûche 2002 : Décalage horaire 2006 : Fauteuils d'orchestre 2009 : Le Code a changé

24. Claude Miller

Writer | Garde à vue

Claude Miller was born on February 20, 1942 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for The Grilling (1981), L'effrontée (1985) and The Little Thief (1988). He was married to Annie Miller. He died on April 4, 2012 in Paris, France.

1976 : La Meilleure Façon de marcher 1977 : Dites-lui que je l'aime 1981 : Garde à vue 1985 : L'Effrontée 1988 : La Petite Voleuse 2003 : La Petite Lili

25. André Téchiné

Writer | Les roseaux sauvages

André Téchiné was born on March 13, 1943 in Valence, Tarn-et-Garonne, France. He is a writer and director, known for Wild Reeds (1994), Rendez-vous (1985) and Being 17 (2016).

1981 : Hôtel des Amériques 1985 : Rendez-vous 1987 : Les Innocents 1991 : J'embrasse pas 1993 : Ma saison préférée 1996 : Les Voleurs 1998 : Alice et Martin 2003 : Les Égarés 2007 : Les Témoins

26. Alain Corneau

Writer | Tous les matins du monde

Alain Corneau was a Cesar Award-winning French writer-director best known for his multiple collaborations with French cinema superstars Yves Montand, Simone Signoret and Gérard Depardieu. Born on August 7, 1943 in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, Corneay trained as a musician but switched his interest to ...

1976 : Police Python 357 1979 : Série noire 1981 : Le Choix des armes 1984 : Fort Saganne 1991 : Tous les matins du monde 1997 : Le Cousin 2002 : Stupeur et tremblements 2007 : Le Deuxième Souffle

27. Jean-Jacques Annaud

Director | Der Name der Rose

Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for directing Quest for Fire (1981), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Lover (1992), Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and Wolf Totem (2015). Annaud has received numerous awards for his work, including four César Awards, ...

1976 : La Victoire en chantant 1979 : Coup de tête 1981 : La Guerre du feu 1986 : Le Nom de la rose 1988 : L’Ours 1992 : L’Amant 1997 : Sept ans au Tibet 2001 : Stalingrad 2004 : Deux frères

28. Patrice Chéreau

Director | Intimacy

Patrice Chéreau was born on November 2, 1944 in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France. He was a director and actor, known for Intimacy (2001), The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and Queen Margot (1994). He died on October 7, 2013 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

1994 : La Reine Margot 1998 : Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train

29. Jean-Marie Poiré

Writer | Les visiteurs

Jean-Marie Poiré was born on July 10, 1945 in Paris, France. He is a writer and director, known for The Visitors (1993), Just Visiting (2001) and Operation Corned Beef (1991).

1981 : Les hommes préfèrent les grosses 1982 : Le père Noël est une ordure 1983 : Papy fait de la résistance 1988 : Mes meilleurs copains 1991 : L'Opération Corned-Beef 1993 : Les Visiteurs

30. Jean-Jacques Beineix

Producer | 37°2 le matin

A rabid movie fan when he was young, Jean-Jacques Beineix first studied medicine before entering the movie business. During the seventies, he became an established assistant director, working with Claude Berri, René Clément, Claude Zidi and even Jerry Lewis. But, like many assistants, Beineix's ...

1980 : Diva 1983 : La Lune dans le caniveau 1986 : 37°2 le matin 1989 : Roselyne et les Lions

31. Coline Serreau

Director | 3 hommes et un couffin

Coline Serreau was born on October 29, 1947 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for Three Men and a Cradle (1985), Why Not! (1977) and Chaos (2001). She was previously married to Benno Besson.

1985 : Trois hommes et un couffin 1989 : Romuald et Juliette 1992 : La Crise 1996 : La Belle Verte 2001 : Chaos

32. Patrice Leconte

Director | Ridicule

Patrice Leconte was born on November 12, 1947 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Ridicule (1996), La fille sur le pont (1999) and Man on the Train (2002).

1978 : Les Bronzés 1979 : Les Bronzés font du ski 1981 : Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine 1982 : Ma femme s'appelle reviens 1987 : Tandem 1989 : Monsieur Hire 1990 : Le Mari de la coiffeuse 1996 : Ridicule 1996 : Les Grands Ducs 1998 : Une chance sur deux 1999 : La Fille sur le pont 2000 : La Veuve de Saint-Pierre

33. Régis Wargnier

Writer | Est - Ouest

Régis Wargnier was born on April 18, 1948 in Metz, Moselle, France. He is a writer and director, known for East/West (1999), Indochine (1992) and La femme de ma vie (1986).

1986 : La Femme de ma vie 1989 : Je suis le seigneur du château 1991 : Indochine 1995 : Une femme française 1999 : Est-Ouest

34. Diane Kurys

Director | Pour une femme

Diane Kurys was born on December 3, 1948 in Lyon, Rhône, France. She is an actress and director, known for For a Woman (2013), Entre Nous (1983) and Peppermint Soda (1977).

1977 : Diabolo menthe 1983 : Coup de foudre 1990 : La Baule-les-Pins 1999 : Les Enfants du siècle 2008 : Sagan

35. Gérard Jugnot

Actor | Les choristes

Gérard Jugnot was born on May 4, 1951 in Paris, France. He is an actor and writer, known for The Chorus (2004), Scout toujours... (1985) and Une époque formidable... (1991).

1984 : Pinot simple flic 1985 : Scout toujours... 1991 : Une époque formidable... 1994 : Casque bleu 1996 : Fallait pas !... 2000 : Meilleur Espoir féminin 2002 : Monsieur Batignole

36. Tonie Marshall

Writer | Vénus beauté (institut)

Tonie Marshall was the daughter of French actress Micheline Presle and American actor/director William Marshall, who appeared in such '40s and '50s films as Knute Rockne All American (1940). As a child, Tonie saw her mother "doing movies and getting invited everywhere", and the life of an actress ...

1996 : Enfants de salaud 1998 : Vénus beauté (institut) 2003 : France Boutique

37. Michel Blanc

Actor | Grosse fatigue

Michel Blanc was born on April 16, 1952 in Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. He is an actor and writer, known for Dead Tired (1994), Monsieur Hire (1989) and The Minister (2011).

1984 : Marche à l'ombre 1994 : Grosse fatigue 1999 : Mauvaise passe 2002 : Embrassez qui vous voudrez

38. Étienne Chatiliez

Director | La vie est un long fleuve tranquille

Étienne Chatiliez was born on June 17, 1952 in Roubaix, France. He is a director and writer, known for Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988), Happiness Is in the Field (1995) and Auntie Danielle (1990).

1988 : La vie est un long fleuve tranquille 1989 : Tatie Danielle 1995 : Le bonheur est dans le pré 2001 : Tanguy

39. Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Director | Un long dimanche de fiançailles

Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a self-taught director who was very quickly interested by cinema, with a predilection for a fantastic cinema where form is as important as the subject. Thus he started directing TV commercials and video clips (such as Julien Clerc in 1984). At the same time he met designer/...

1991 : Delicatessen (avec Marc Caro) 1995 : La Cité des enfants perdus (avec Marc Caro) 1997 : Alien, la résurrection 2001 : Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain 2004 : Un long dimanche de fiançailles 2009 : Micmacs à tire-larigot

40. Alain Berbérian

Director | Six-Pack

Alain Berbérian was born on July 2, 1953 in Beyrouth, Lebanon. He was a director and writer, known for Six-Pack (2000), Paparazzi (1998) and Dead Weight (2002). He died on August 22, 2017 in Paris, France.

1994 : La Cité de la peur 1998 : Paparazzi 2000 : Six-Pack 2002 : Le Boulet

41. Olivier Assayas

Writer | Personal Shopper

Olivier Assayas is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is best know for his films Demonlover (2002), Something in the Air (2012), Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) and Personal Shopper (2016).

Assayas is the son of French director/screenwriter Raymond Assayas, alias Jacques Rémy.

His ...

1986 : Désordre 1996 : Irma Vep 1998 : Fin août, début septembre 2002 : Demonlover 2004 : Clean 2010 : Carlos

42. Philippe Lioret

Director | Welcome

Philippe Lioret was born on October 10, 1955 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Welcome (2009), Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006) and Tombés du ciel (1993).

1997 : Tenue correcte exigée 2001 : Mademoiselle 2004 : L'Équipier 2006 : Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas 2009 : Welcome

43. Erick Zonca

Writer | La vie rêvée des anges

Erick Zonca was born on September 10, 1956 in Orléans, Loiret, France. He is a writer and director, known for The Dreamlife of Angels (1998), Julia (2008) and Black Tide (2018).

1998 : La Vie rêvée des anges 2008 : Julia

44. Luc Besson

Writer | Le Cinquième Élément

Luc Besson spent the first years of his life following his parents, scuba diving instructors, around the world. His early life was entirely aquatic. He already showed amazing creativity as a youth, writing early drafts of The Big Blue (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997), as an adolescent bored in ...

1983 : Le Dernier Combat 1985 : Subway 1988 : Le Grand Bleu 1990 : Nikita 1994 : Léon 1997 : Le Cinquième Élément 1999 : Jeanne d'Arc 2005 : Angel-A

45. Christophe Gans

Director | Le pacte des loups

Born in 1960 in Antibes (in the South of France), Christophe Gans became crazy about movies at an early stage. As a teenager, he made a lot of samurai and kung fu super-8 films with his friends. At the end of the seventies, he founded the fanzine "Rhesus Zero" about B-movies. In 1980, he studied at...

1995 : Crying Freeman 2001 : Le Pacte des loups 2006 : Silent Hill

46. Arnaud Desplechin

Director | Rois et reine

Arnaud Desplechin was born on October 31, 1960 in Roubaix, Nord, France. He is a director and writer, known for Kings & Queen (2004), The Sentinel (1992) and La vie des morts (1991).

1996 : Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) 2000 : Esther Kahn 2004 : Rois et Reine 2008 : Un conte de Noël

47. Cédric Klapisch

Director | L'auberge espagnole

Cédric Klapisch was born on September 4, 1961 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is a director and actor, known for The Spanish Apartment (2002), Rise (2022) and Family Resemblances (1996). He has been married to Lola Doillon since 2002. They have one child.

1991 : Riens du tout 1994 : Le Péril jeune 1996 : Chacun cherche son chat 1996 : Un air de famille 1999 : Peut-être 2001 : L'Auberge espagnole 2002 : Ni pour ni contre (bien au contraire) 2005 : Les Poupées russes 2008 : Paris

48. Christian Carion

Director | Joyeux Noël

Christian Carion was born in a family of farmers in the North of France. Despite nursing a passion for films since he was 13, he travels a scientific path. After passing his baccalauréat, he joins an engineering school affiliated to the french ministry of agriculture, thus answering his family's ...

2001 : Une hirondelle a fait le printemps 2005 : Joyeux Noël 2009 : L'Affaire Farewell

49. Gaspar Noé

Director | Enter the Void

Gaspar Noé is an Argentinian filmmaker and screenwriter who lives in France. He is the son of Luis Felipe Noé, an Argentinian artist. He directed I Stand Alone, Irréversible, Enter the Void, Love, Climax, Carne, Lux Æterna, Sodomites and Vortex. His films are known for having a sensory overload ...

1998 : Seul contre tous 2002 : Irréversible 2010 : Enter the Void

50. Noémie Lvovsky

Actress | Camille redouble

Noémie Lvovsky was born on December 14, 1964 in Paris, France. She is an actress and writer, known for Camille Rewinds (2012), Life Doesn't Scare Me (1999) and Feelings (2003).

1999 : La Vie ne me fait pas peur 2003 : Les Sentiments 2007 : Faut que ça danse! 2012 : Camille redouble

51. Jean-François Richet

Director | L'instinct de mort

Jean-François Richet was born on July 2, 1966 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008), Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008) and État des lieux (1995).

1997 : Ma 6-T va crack-er 2001 : De l'amour 2005 : Assaut sur le central 13 (Assault on Precinct 13) 2008 : L'Instinct de mort 2008 : L'Ennemi public n° 1

52. Xavier Beauvois

Writer | Des hommes et des dieux

Xavier Beauvois was born on March 20, 1967 in Auchel, Pas-de-Calais, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Of Gods and Men (2010), North (1991) and Don't Forget You're Going to Die (1995).

1995 : N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir 2000 : Selon Matthieu 2005 : Le Petit Lieutenant 2010 : Des hommes et des dieux

53. Michel Hazanavicius

Writer | The Artist

Michel Hazanavicius was born and raised in Paris, France. His grandparents were originally from Lithuania, but relocated to France in the 1920s. Hazanavicius attended art school, and moved on to work as a director for commercials and television projects. In 1999, he wrote and directed his first ...

1999 : Mes amis 2006 : OSS 117 : Le Caire, nid d'espions 2009 : OSS 117 : Rio ne répond plus 2011 : The Artist

54. Mathieu Kassovitz

Actor | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

Mathieu Kassovitz was born on August 3, 1967 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for Amélie (2001), La haine (1995) and The Fifth Element (1997).

1993 : Métisse 1995 : La Haine 1997 : Assassin(s) 2000 : Les Rivières pourpres 2003 : Gothika 2008 : Babylon A.D.

55. François Ozon

Director | Dans la maison

François Ozon was born on November 15, 1967 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for In the House (2012), 8 Women (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003).

1999 : Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes 2000 : Sous le sable 2001 : Huit Femmes 2003 : Swimming Pool 2006 : Angel 2010 : Le Refuge 2010 : Potiche 2012 : Dans la maison