Portrait of Romain Gavras

Romain Gavras

Directing

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.

Born: July 4, 1981

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Filmography

2025
Banger

as Guitarist

2022
2019
Les Misérables

as Mayor's Henchman (uncredited)

2018
2010
Burke & Hare

as French Family

2005
The Ax

as Civil Inspector