Robert Guédiguian
Robert Guédiguian (born December 3, 1953 in Marseille ) is a French film director and producer of German-Armenian descent.
Life
Guédiguian has worked as a screenwriter since 1980 and as a director since 1981. He started working as a producer in 1985 and has now comprised more than 30 productions.
Most of Guédiguian's films are Marseille-based social dramas with strong sympathy for disadvantaged groups such as workers or immigrants. His best-known film in Germany is Marius and Jeannette - A Love in Marseille (1997).
His awards include the 1997 Louis Delluc Prize for Marius and Jeanette - A Love in Marseille and the Golden Ear Prize of the Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid 2000 for The City Eats Its Children . In 2011 he won the European Parliament's LUX Film Prize, which has been awarded annually since 2007, for his feature film The Snow on Kilimanjaro , which addresses the injustices of modern societies.
In 2018 he was appointed to the competition jury of the 71st Cannes Film Festival .
Filmography (selection)
- 1980: The last summer (Dernier été)
- 1985: Rouge midi
- 1985: Ki lo sa?
- 1989: Dieu vomit les tièdes
- 1993: Money alone makes you happy (L'argent fait le bonheur)
- 1995: To life, to death (à la vie, à la mort!)
- 1997: Marius and Jeannette - A Love in Marseille (Marius et Jeannette)
- 1998: The color of the heart (à la place du cœur)
- 2000: À l'attaque!
- 2000: The city eats its children (La ville est tranquille)
- 2001: Marie-Jo and her two lovers (Marie-Jo et ses deux amours)
- 2004: Mon père est ingénieur
- 2005: Last days in the Elysée (Le promeneur du Champ-de-Mars)
- 2006: Le Voyage en Arménie
- 2008: Lady Jane
- 2009: L'Armée du crime
- 2011: The snow on Kilimanjaro (Les neiges du Kilimandjaro)
- 2014: Café Olympique - A birthday in Marseille (Au fil d'Ariane)
- 2015: Une histoire de fou (A crazy story)
- 2017: The young Karl Marx ( Le Jeune Karl Marx , production only)
- 2017: The house by the sea (La Villa)
- 2019: Gloria Mundi
bibliography
- Daniel Winkler: Marseille! A metropolis from a cinematic perspective . Marburg, Schüren 2013. ISBN 978-3-89472-860-1 .
Web links
- Robert Guédiguian in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guédiguian, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film director and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd December 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |