Alain Guiraudie

• Name — Alain Guiraudie • Born — 15 July 1964 • Birthplace — Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, France • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1990-present

His 2013 film Stranger by the Lake was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where he won the award for Best Director. In 2014, he won the Prix Sade for his novel Now the Night Begins (Ici commence la nuit).

Guiraudie has named Georges Bataille as an important influence. He is gay.

• Year — Title — Credited as — Notes • Director — Actor • 1993 — Les Yeux au plafond — Short film • 2002 — Un petit cas de conscience • 2008 — On m'a volé mon adolescence — Telefilm

• Year — English title — Original title — Notes • 2001 — Sunshine for the Poor — Du soleil pour les gueux — Also producer and actor • That Old Dream That Moves — Ce vieux rêve qui bouge — Prix Jean Vigo • 2003 — No Rest for the Brave — Pas de repos pour les braves • 2005 — Time Has Come — Voici venu le temps • 2009 — The King of Escape — Le roi de l'évasion • 2013 — Stranger by the Lake — L'Inconnu du lac — Queer Palm winner Un Certain Regard Best Director winner • 2016 — Staying Vertical — Rester vertical • 2022 — Nobody's Hero — Viens je t'emmène • 2024 — Misericordia — Miséricorde — Louis Delluc Prize

• Year — English title — Original title — Notes • 1990 — Heroes Never Die — Les Héros sont immortels — Also actor • 1994 — Straight Ahead Until Morning — Tout droit jusqu'au matin • 1998 — La Force des choses • 2019 — Lighthouse — segment in 30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing