Beauvois, Xavier

(March 20, 1967, Bruay-en-Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France - )

   A trainee assistant director to Manoel de Oliveira (1985 Mon Cas / O meu caso / UK and USA: My Case, France / Portugal) and to André Téchiné (1987 Les Innocents), he is also an actor (1988 Daniel endormi, short, Michel Béna; 1991 Le Ciel de Paris, Michel Béna; 1992 A Lucy, Maki J. Algen, short; 1994 Aux Petits Bonheurs, Michel Deville; Les Amoureux, Catherine Corsini; 1996 Ponette, Jacques Doillon; 1997 Le Jour et la Nuit / El dia y la noche / Day and Night, Bernard-Henri Lévy, France / Canada / Belgium / Switzerland / Mexico; 1998 Disparus, Gilles Bourdos; 1999 Le Vent de la Nuit, also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Philippe Garrel, France / Italy / Spain; Les Infortunes de la Vertu, John Lvoff; 2004 Arsène Lupin / Arsenio Lupin, Jean-Paul Salomé, France / Italy / Spain / UK; 2006 Mauvaise Foi, Roschdy Zem; 2007 Les Témoins / UK and USA: The Witnesses, André Téchiné; 24 Mesures, Jalil Lespert, France / Canada; Le Tueur, Cédric Anger; 2008 Les Femmes de l'Ombre / UK: Female Agents, Jean-Paul Salomé; Disco, Fabien Onteniente; Marie Octobre, TV, Josée Dayan).

 Filmography

1986 ◘ Le Matou (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1992 ◘ Nord (also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 1989-1990)

1996 ◘ N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor; shot in 1994)

2001 ◘ Selon Mathieu (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1999-2000)

2005 ◘ Le Petit Lieutenant (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor)