Guédiguian, Robert

(December 3, 1953, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France - )

   The son of an Armenian longshoreman father and a German mother, he grew up in the L'Estaque district in Marseille. Having graduated with a diploma in letters and human sciences from Aix-en-Provence University and with a master's degree in sociology, he met René Féret, who offered him the opportunity to co-write the screenplay and the dialogue of Fern-and (1980). Besides his directing work, he co-wrote Le Souffleur (also producer, Frank Le Wita, 1985) and L'Âge des Possibles (Pascale Ferran, 1995), was technical adviser (1991 L'Homme imaginé, Patricia Bardon, shot in 1986-1989), and, after founding two production companies, Agat Films Productions and Ex-Nihilo, produced many movies (1986 Baudelaire Modernité, short, Miroslav Sebestik; 1987 Vittel Design, short, Christian Pagliano; 1989 Un Tour de Manège, Pierre Pradinas, shot in 1987; Le Coupeur d'Eau, short, Philippe Tabarly; 1990 Montalvo et l'Enfant, Claude Mouriéras, shot in 1988; 1991 Le Cri du Cochon, Alain Guesnier; En Direct de l'Etre humain, short, Jean-Louis Milési; 1992 C'est trop con, short, Jean-Pierre Darrous-sin; 1993 Ça se passe en Equateur, short, Jean-Louis Milesi; Que la Vie est belle, short, Romain Vitali; 2002 Romances de Terre et d'Eau, documentary, Jean-Pierre Duret, Andrea Santana; 2004 Les Fautes d'Orthographe / UK: My Father Is an Engineer, Jean-Jacques Zilber-mann; 2005 Crustacés et Coquillages / UK: Cockles and Muscles / USA: Cote d'Azur, as associate producer, Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau; 2006 Le Dernier des Fous / UK: Demented / The Last of the Crazy People, Laurent Achard; 2007 Sous les Toits de Paris / Les Toits de Paris, Hiner Saleem). Other credits (as actor): 1990 L'Ami Giono: Jofroi de la Maussan (TV, Marcel Bluwal); 2002 Lulu (Jean-Henri Roger).

 Filmography

1981 ◘ Dernier Eté (co-director with Frank Le Wita; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

1985 ◘ Ki Lo Sa? (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Rouge Midi (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1983)

1991 ◘ Dieu vomit les Tièdes (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer; shot in 1989)

1993 ◘ L'Argent fait le Bonheur / USA: Money Makes Happiness (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1995 ◘ A la Vie, à la Mort! (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Marius et Jeannette / USA: Marius and Jean­nette (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer)

        ◘ A la Place du Cœur (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, co-producer)

        ◘ A l'Attaque! (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer)

        ◘ La Ville est tranquille (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer; shot in 1999)

        ◘ Marie-Jo et ses Deux Amours (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer)

        ◘ Mon Père est Ingénieur (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer)

        ◘ Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer)

        ◘ Le Voyage en Arménie (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer)

2008 ◘ Lady Jane (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer)