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Philippe Garrel

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Philippe Garrel

Born April 6, 1948 in Boulogne Billancourt, France43 films

Philippe Garrel (French: [gaʁɛl]; born 6 April 1948; Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. Garrel and actress Brigitte Sy are the parents of actors Louis Garrel and Esther Garrel.

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Philippe Garrel was born in Boulogne-Billancourt in 1948, the son of actor Maurice Garrel and his wife. His brother, Thierry Garrel, is a producer. The younger Garrel became interested in film and started his career early, influenced by the new work of Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. At the age of 16, Garrel wrote and directed his first film, Les Enfants désaccordés, in 1964.

His films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival , Venice Film Festival, and Berlin Film Festival. His works often deal with the theme of the disruptive youth of the 1960s, of which he was a part of. He has directed students of the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art where he teaches acting classes. He also staged, in his films several of his friends and family members.

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Regular Lovers posterFirst watchRegular Lovers20056.91968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. François is 20, a poet, dodging military service.View film

Essential films

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Lover for a Day poster6.2Lover for a Day2017Jealousy poster6.0Jealousy2013In the Shadow of Women poster5.5In the Shadow of Women2015A Burning Hot Summer poster5.1A Burning Hot Summer2011

Filmography

43 films as director
  1. 2023The PloughDirector
  2. 2020The Salt of TearsDirector
  3. 2017Lover for a DayDirector
  4. 2015In the Shadow of WomenDirector
  5. 2013JealousyDirector
  6. 2011A Burning Hot SummerDirector
  7. 2009Frontier of DawnDirector
  8. 2005Regular LoversDirector
  9. 2001Wild InnocenceDirector
  10. 1999The Wind of the NightDirector
  11. 1996The Phantom HeartDirector
  12. 1993The Birth of LoveDirector
  13. 1991I Can No Longer Hear the GuitarDirector
  14. 1989Emergency KissesDirector
  15. 1989The Ministries of ArtDirector
  16. 1989ClaraDirector
  17. 1985She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun LampsDirector
  18. 1984Liberty at NightDirector
  19. 1984Paris Seen By... 20 Years AfterDirector
  20. 1979The Blue of the OriginsDirector
  21. 1979L'Enfant SecretDirector
  22. 1978Journey to the Garden of the DeadDirector
  23. 1976The Crystal CradleDirector
  24. 1975An Angel PassesDirector
  25. 1974Les Hautes solitudesDirector
  26. 1972AthanorDirector
  27. 1972The Inner ScarDirector
  28. 1969The Virgin's BedDirector
  29. 1968ConcentrationDirector
  30. 1968Le RévélateurDirector
  31. 1968Actua 1Director
  32. 1968CinétractsDirector
  33. 1968Marie for MemoryDirector
  34. 1968AnemoneDirector
  35. 1967Young Cinema: Godard and His EmulatorsDirector
  36. 1967Polnareff, Zouzou & Les Bonbons MagiquesDirector
  37. 1967Young People and MoneyDirector
  38. 1967Handa or SophisticationDirector
  39. 1967Ronnie Bird - Les Bon MotsDirector
  40. 1967Bouton RougeDirector
  41. 1967The Lost PathsDirector
  42. 1965Right of AccessDirector
  43. 1964Children Out of TuneDirector