Director

Romain Gavras

Born July 4, 1981 in Paris, France13 films

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.

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First watchThe World Is Yours20186.7To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged gangsters, his longtime crush and his scheming mother.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach

6.6Athena2022

6.2Our Day Will Come2010

Filmography

13 films as director

TBASignatuneDirector
TBAMain basse sur le LouvreDirector
2026GENER8ION: STORM starring Yung LeanDirector
2026SacrificeDirector
2022AthenaDirector
2018The World Is YoursDirector
2010Our Day Will ComeDirector
2008A Cross the UniverseDirector
2008Les Mathématiques du Roi HeenokDirector
2005MégalopolisDirector
2004La BananaDirector
2002Easy Pizza RiderzDirector
2001The Funk HuntDirector