Director
Alain Guiraudie
62 years · Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, France · 19 films
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.
Best known for
Stranger by the Lake
2013 · Philippe's Friend (uncredited), Screenplay
On Kanopy
Misericordia
2024 · Writer, Director
On Kanopy
Staying Vertical
2016 · Director, Screenplay
On Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
Nobody's Hero
2022 · Director, Writer
The King of Escape
2009 · Screenplay, Director
That Old Dream That Moves
2001 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Filmography 19
Misericordia
2024 · Writer, Director
On Kanopy
Nobody's Hero
2022 · Director, Writer
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019 · Director
Staying Vertical
2016 · Director, Screenplay
On Strand Releasing Amazon Channel
Stranger by the Lake
2013 · Philippe's Friend (uncredited), Screenplay
On Kanopy
The King of Escape
2009 · Screenplay, Director
On m'a volé mon adolescence
2008 · Director
Après la lutte
2006 · Self
Du possible
2006 · Lui-même
Starless Night
2006 · Actor
Time Has Come
2005 · Director, Writer
No Rest for the Brave
2003 · Writer, Director
Un petit cas de conscience
2002 · Mario
That Old Dream That Moves
2001 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Sunshine for the Poor
2001 · Carol Izba, Writer
On Criterion Channel
La force des choses
1997 · Writer, Director
Straight Ahead Until Morning
1994 · Director, Writer
Les Yeux au Plafond
1993 · Actor
Heroes Never Die
1990 · Actor, Director