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Romain Gavras

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  • Actor
  • Producer
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Romain Gavras
Romain Gavras was born on 4 July 1981 in Paris, France. He is a director and actor, known for Athena (2022), Our Day Will Come (2010) and Sacrifice (2025).
BornJuly 4, 1981
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BornJuly 4, 1981
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Known for

    Athena (2022)
    Athena
    6.8
    • Director
    • 2022
    Vincent Cassel and Olivier Barthélémy in Our Day Will Come (2010)
    Our Day Will Come
    6.1
    • Director
    • 2010
    Salma Hayek, John Malkovich, Vincent Cassel, Chris Evans, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Sacrifice (2025)
    Sacrifice
    5.8
    • Director
    • 2025
    M.I.A. in M.I.A.: Bad Girls (2012)
    M.I.A.: Bad Girls
    7.8
    Music Video
    • Director
    • 2012

    Credits

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    Director

    • Gener8ion & Yung Lean: Storm (2026)
      Gener8ion & Yung Lean: Storm
      8.3
      Music Video
      • director
      • 2026
    • Salma Hayek, John Malkovich, Vincent Cassel, Chris Evans, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Sacrifice (2025)
      Sacrifice
      5.8
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Athena (2022)
      Athena
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Gener8ion Feat 070 Shake: Neo Surf (2021)
      Gener8ion Feat 070 Shake: Neo Surf
      8.4
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Emma Stone in Louis Vuitton: Coeur Battant (2019)
      Louis Vuitton: Coeur Battant
      7.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Dior J'adore: The New Absolu (2018)
      Dior J'adore: The New Absolu
      7.8
      Video
      • Director
      • 2018
    • The World Is Yours (2018)
      The World Is Yours
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Powerade: The Corner (2016)
      Powerade: The Corner
      7.1
      Video
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Jamie XX: Gosh (Version 2) (2016)
      Jamie XX: Gosh (Version 2)
      8.5
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Justice: Stress
      7.2
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Dior: 1000 Lives - Dior Homme (2013)
      Dior: 1000 Lives - Dior Homme
      7.7
      Music Video
      • directed by
      • 2013
    • JAY-Z & Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean: No Church in the Wild (2012)
      JAY-Z & Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean: No Church in the Wild
      7.6
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2012
    • M.I.A. in M.I.A.: Bad Girls (2012)
      M.I.A.: Bad Girls
      7.8
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Emily Blunt in Yves Saint Laurent: Opium (2011)
      Yves Saint Laurent: Opium
      6.5
      Video
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Adidas: Adidas Is All In (2011)
      Adidas: Adidas Is All In
      6.4
      Video
      • Director
      • 2011

    Actor

    • Vincent Cassel and Mister V in Banger (2025)
      Banger
      5.0
      • Guitariste
      • 2025
    • Kad Merad and Denis Podalydès in Last Breath (2024)
      Last Breath
      6.7
      • Membre famille Sidonie
      • 2024
    • Kavinsky ft. Kareen Lomax: Cameo (2022)
      Kavinsky ft. Kareen Lomax: Cameo
      6.6
      Music Video
      • 2022
    • Samy Naceri, Ludivine Sagnier, Bun-hay Mean, Roman Frayssinet, and Djimo in Fake News (2021)
      Fake News
      4.0
      • Voyant 2
      • 2021
    • Les Misérables (2019)
      Les Misérables
      7.6
      • Homme de main du Maire (uncredited)
      • 2019
    • Le Rêve aux Loups (2014)
      Le Rêve aux Loups, public reading
      Video
      • Spectator
      • 2014
    • Isla Fisher, Simon Pegg, and Andy Serkis in Burke and Hare (2010)
      Burke and Hare
      6.1
      • French Family
      • 2010
    • Mon colonel (2006)
      Mon colonel
      7.0
      • Prisonnier FLN
      • 2006
    • Vincent Cassel in Satan (2006)
      Satan
      5.6
      • Un brancardier
      • 2006
    • José Garcia in The Ax (2005)
      The Ax
      7.3
      • Inspecteur civil
      • 2005
    • Traitement de substitution n°4 (2002)
      Traitement de substitution n°4
      4.9
      Video
      • 2002
    • Petit Ben (2000)
      Petit Ben
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Un jeune à la bijouterie
      • 2000

    Producer

    • Salma Hayek, John Malkovich, Vincent Cassel, Chris Evans, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Sacrifice (2025)
      Sacrifice
      5.8
      • producer
      • 2025
    • Benoît Magimel and Reda Kateb in The King of Algiers (2023)
      The King of Algiers
      5.8
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Athena (2022)
      Athena
      6.8
      • producer
      • 2022
    • 365 jours au Mali
      • producer
      • 2021
    • 6 X Confiné.e.s (2021)
      6 X Confiné.e.s
      4.4
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Pink Noise: Papa Belly (2020)
      Pink Noise: Papa Belly
      Music Video
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus: Nothing Breaks Like a Heart (2018)
      Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus: Nothing Breaks Like a Heart
      7.1
      Music Video
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • The World Is Yours (2018)
      The World Is Yours
      6.3
      • co-producer
      • 2018
    • Gener8ion Feat. M.I.A.: The New International Sound Pt. II (2015)
      Gener8ion Feat. M.I.A.: The New International Sound Pt. II
      7.2
      Music Video
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Ghettotube (2015)
      Ghettotube
      7.7
      Short
      • producer
      • 2015
    • A Cross the Universe (2008)
      A Cross the Universe
      7.4
      Video
      • producer
      • 2008

    Personal details

    • Born
      • July 4, 1981
      • Paris, France
    • Parents
        Michèle Ray-Gavras
    • Relatives
        Julie Gavras(Sibling)
    • Other works
      Director: TV commercial for "Belle d'Opium" fragrance from Yves Saint-Laurent featuring Mélanie Thierry. Cinematography: Akram Khan. Music: Nitin Sawhney.

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    • Trivia
      Son of Costa-Gavras and Michèle Ray-Gavras.

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