| Robert Guédiguian | |
|---|---|
 Guédiguian at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | Robert Jules Guédiguian (1953-12-03) 3 December 1953 (age 71) Marseille, France |
| Nationality | France |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, screenwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse |
Ariane Ascaride (m. 1975) |
Robert Jules Guédiguian (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ ɡediɡjɑ̃]; born 3 December 1953) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Most of his films star Ariane Ascaride and Jean-Pierre Darroussin.
Life and career
Guédiguian is the son of a German mother and an Armenian father, whose family immigrated to France in the early 20th century after the Armenian genocide. He evokes his paternal roots in his 2006 film Le Voyage en Armenie. He has a working-class background, as his father is a worker on the Marseille docks. Guédiguian became concerned with political questions and for a while was involved with the French Communist Party. In 2008 he joined the Left Party in France.
Like Marcel Pagnol and René Allio before him, he anchors his films in social reality. His films are strongly marked by the local and regional environment of the city of Marseille, and in particular L'Estaque (north-west Marseille), for example in Marius et Jeannette. His 2011 film The Snows of Kilimanjaro premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
He has been married to actress Ariane Ascaride since 1975 and they have two daughters, Valentine and Madeleine.
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Guédiguian signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.
Filmography
As filmmaker
As actor
- 1990: L'Ami Giono: Jofroi de la Maussan (Telefilm)
- 2002: Lulu as Marius
- 2012: Rendezvous in Kiruna
- 2021: Twist à Bamako
References
- "Festival de Cannes: Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- "Cannes film festival 2011: The full lineup". guardian.co.uk. London. 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- "Ariane Ascaride - La biographie de Ariane Ascaride". Gala.fr.
- "Gaza : des cinéastes du monde entier demandent un cessez-le-feu immédiat". Libération (in French). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- Newman, Nick (29 December 2023). "Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza". The Film Stage. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- "Directors of cinema sign petition for immediate ceasefire". The Jerusalem Post. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
External links
- Robert Guédiguian at IMDb
- (in French) Les gens du cinéma
| Films directed by Robert Guédiguian | |
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- Mass media people from Marseille
- French people of Armenian descent
- French people of German descent
- French film directors
- French male screenwriters
- French screenwriters
- Left Party (France) politicians
- European Film Awards winners (people)
- Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
- French film producers