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.
Filmography
Stranger by the Lake
Director
Misericordia
Director
Staying Vertical
Director
Nobody's Hero
Director
The King of Escape
Director
That Old Dream That Moves
Director
No Rest for the Brave
Director
Sunshine for the Poor
Director
Heroes Never Die
Director
Time Has Come
Director
Straight Ahead Until Morning
Director
La force des choses
Director
Au Pic de Nore
Director
On m'a volé mon adolescence
Director
The Island
Director