Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 03, 1953
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Credits
48 titles
Robert Guédiguian
Biography
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. 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
Filmography
A Woman Today
Director
In the Musical Intimacy of a Film Score
Self
The Thieving Magpie
Director
The Marching Band
Producer
The Most Precious of Cargoes
Producer
We Are Not Our Parents
Producer
And the Party Goes On
Producer
Goodnight, Soldier
Producer
Il était une fois Marseille
Self
Mali Twist
Screenplay
Une histoire extraordinaire
Self
The Big Hit
Producer
Gloria Mundi
Director
Just the Three of Us
Producer
Isabelle
Producer
The House by the Sea
Director
The Young Karl Marx
Producer
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
Director
Ariane's Thread
Director
Il était une fois... « Marius et Jeannette »
Self
My Sweet Pepper Land
Producer
Les Déferlantes
Producer
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Director
Sisters
Producer
Army of Crime
Scenario Writer
Lady Jane
Director
Demented
Producer
Armenia
Director
Free Zone
Co-Producer
Cockles and Muscles
Producer
Le Cercle
Self
The Last Mitterrand
Director
My Father is an Engineer
Director
Robert Guédiguian, cinéaste
Self
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
Marie-Jo and Her 2 Loves
Producer
The Town Is Quiet
Screenplay
Charge!
Director
Where the Heart Is
Director
L'argent fait le bonheur
Director
Marius and Jeannette
Narrateur (voice) (uncredited)
'Till Death Do Us Part
Director
Dieu vomit les tièdes
Director
Once Around the Park
Producer
Ki lo sa ?
Director
Rouge midi
Director
Last Summer
Director
Fernand
Scenario Writer