Romain Gavras

Directing

Romain Gavras

Born

1981-07-04 (45)

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

29 titles

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, lic…

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Sacrifice poster
5.1

During a star-studded charity gala brimming with celebrities, billionaires, and empty speeches, a movie star in the midst of an existential crisis is taken hostage by a radical warrior and her devoted followers. As the night descends into chaos, both an inward journey and an outward adventure ensue, where the line between performance and belief, salvation and sacrifice, begins to blur.

Sacrifice

2026

Sacrifice poster
5.1

During a star-studded charity gala brimming with celebrities, billionaires, and empty speeches, a movie star in the midst of an existential crisis is taken hostage by a radical warrior and her devoted followers. As the night descends into chaos, both an inward journey and an outward adventure ensue, where the line between performance and belief, salvation and sacrifice, begins to blur.

Sacrifice

2026

Sacrifice poster
5.1

During a star-studded charity gala brimming with celebrities, billionaires, and empty speeches, a movie star in the midst of an existential crisis is taken hostage by a radical warrior and her devoted followers. As the night descends into chaos, both an inward journey and an outward adventure ensue, where the line between performance and belief, salvation and sacrifice, begins to blur.

Sacrifice

2026

Athena poster
6.6

Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.

Athena

2022

Athena poster
6.6

Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.

Athena

2022

Athena poster
6.6

Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.

Athena

2022

The World Is Yours poster
6.7

To 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.

The World Is Yours

2018

The World Is Yours poster
6.7

To 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.

The World Is Yours

2018

Our Day Will Come poster
6.2

Redheaded teen Remy is bullied by his soccer teammates and drawn into fights with his younger sister and mother in their cramped apartment. After a flare-up of domestic violence, he flees home and is tracked down by a bitter guidance counselor, Patrick, also a redhead. Patrick looks upon Remy’s sullen insolence with both sympathy and disdain and decides to toughen him up...

Our Day Will Come

2010

Our Day Will Come poster
6.2

Redheaded teen Remy is bullied by his soccer teammates and drawn into fights with his younger sister and mother in their cramped apartment. After a flare-up of domestic violence, he flees home and is tracked down by a bitter guidance counselor, Patrick, also a redhead. Patrick looks upon Remy’s sullen insolence with both sympathy and disdain and decides to toughen him up...

Our Day Will Come

2010

Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok poster
7.8

An immersive dive into the world of Heenok and his collective Gangster & Gentleman, while touching on broader questions about the survival of hip-hop and the state of humanity. Did Roi Heenok really earn his first million at 18? Is he a real fake gangster or a fake real MC? And ultimately, is Roi Heenok truly a king?

Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok

2008

A Cross the Universe poster
8.0

During the three weeks of Justice's March 2008 North American tour, Romain Gavras, So Me and the band themselves tape every second of their escapades across the country and the chaos that ensued.

A Cross the Universe

2008

GENER8ION: STORM starring Yung Lean poster
NR

Leeds, 2034. A charismatic and violent student dominates the students at an all-boys school through a mixture of menacing charm and sheer brutality. At the end of the school year, they gather for a school photograph, which soon devolves into a chaotic celebration under the young man's leadership.

GENER8ION: STORM starring Yung Lean

2026

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Banana

2004

Signatune poster
NR

On an ordinary street, an extraordinary face-off unfolds between two kids armed only with their music. Signatune is a rhythmic standoff where style, confidence, and sound collide in the most unexpected way.

Signatune

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Signatune poster
NR

On an ordinary street, an extraordinary face-off unfolds between two kids armed only with their music. Signatune is a rhythmic standoff where style, confidence, and sound collide in the most unexpected way.

Signatune

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Mégalopolis poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mégalopolis

2005

No artwork available
NR

A film about the infamous Louvre jewellery heist in Paris. Plot TBA.

Main basse sur le Louvre

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No artwork available
NR

A film about the infamous Louvre jewellery heist in Paris. Plot TBA.

Main basse sur le Louvre

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Kourtrajmé Vol 1 poster
3.5

No synopsis available yet.

Kourtrajmé Vol 1

2003

The Funk Hunt poster
NR

Traces the tribulations of a record through time and musical currents over three decades from R&B to house.

The Funk Hunt

2001

Easy Pizza Riderz poster
7.8

In Easy Pizza Riders, an urban spoof western where people would kill for a pair of silver Reeboks, the beloved French youth culture of the time is on full display: sneakers, pizza delivery, fish eye lenses, funk music. Shot when Gavras was only 21 years old, with a modest video camera, the short announces his unique talent for crafting imaginative, stylish, thrilling film sequences and for capturing era-defining moments.

Easy Pizza Riderz

2002