Robert Guédiguian
Directing
- Born
- December 3, 1953 (age 72) · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Robert Jules Guédiguian (born 3 December 1953) is a French filmmaker, producer and actor. Most known for Marius and Jeannette (1997) and Gloria Mundi (2019), his films usually star his wife Ariane Ascaride or Jean-Pierre Darroussin.
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.
Read moreShow less
He has been married to actress Ariane Ascaride since 1975 and they have two daughters, Valentine and Madeleine.
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.
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.
Source: Article "Robert Guédiguian" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Behind the camera41
- 2026A Woman Today Director, Screenplay, Producer, Idea
- 2025The Thieving Magpie Director, Producer, Screenplay
- 2024The Marching Band Producer
- 2024The Most Precious of Cargoes Producer
- 2024We Are Not Our Parents Producer
- 2023And the Party Goes On Director, Writer, Producer
- 2022Goodnight, Soldier Producer
- 2022Mali Twist Screenplay, Producer, Director
- 2020The Big Hit Producer
- 2019
