Gustave Kervern
Gustave Kervern | |
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 Gustave Kervern in 2014 | |
| Born | 27 December 1962 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Gustave Kervern (born 27 December 1962), also known as Gustave de Kervern and Gustave K/Vern, is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaboration with Benoît Delépine.
Life and career
In 2004 he wrote, directed, and starred in Aaltra with Benoît Delépine. Also with Delépine, he has directed and starred in Avida, which was screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The duos film Louise-Michel won a Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Their 2010 film Mammuth starred Gérard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani. It was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.
Their 2012 film Le Grand Soir competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival[1][2] where it won the Special Jury Prize.[3]
Selected filmography
As actor
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Delphine 1, Yvan 0 | The server | Dominique Farrugia | |
| 1998 | Ivre mort pour la patrie | Vincent Hachet | TV Short | |
| 1999 | H | Clément Dufresne | Édouard Molinaro | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 2001 | Toc toc toc | Gus | Sylvain Fusée | TV Mini-Series |
| Grolandsat | Various | Bruno Le Jean & Sylvain Fusée | TV Series | |
| 2002 | Patron sur mesure | Pedro | Stéphane Clavier | TV Movie |
| Caméra café | The plumber | TV Series (2 Episodes) | ||
| 7 jours au Groland | Various | Several | TV Series | |
| 2004 | Aaltra | The farmer | Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern | |
| 2006 | Enfermés dehors | The cop | Albert Dupontel | |
| Avida | The deaf mute captive | Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern | ||
| 2008 | Louise Hires a Contract Killer | The ship's captain | Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern | |
| 2008-10 | Groland magazine | Gus | Bruno Le Jean & Sylvain Fusée | TV Series (29 Episodes) |
| 2010 | Mammuth | The delicatessen employee | Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern | |
| Henry | Van de Breek | Kafka & Pascal Rémy | ||
| Bas-fonds | The lover | Isild Le Besco | ||
| 2011 | Holidays by the Sea | Green golfer | Pascal Rabaté | |
| All Together | The seller of funeral pumps | Stéphane Robelin | ||
| 2012 | Déferlente | The handler | Winifrey Bandera-Guzman & Zoé Delépine | Short |
| Torpedo | The mechanic | Matthieu Donck | ||
| Bocuse | Eric | Stéphanie Pillonca & Géraldine Renault | Short | |
| Mange | Vinnie | Virgile Bramly & Julia Ducournau | TV Movie | |
| La rentrée des émissions | Machin | Nath Dumont | TV Short | |
| Nuts | Bertrand | Yann Coridian | ||
| 2013 | Bande annonce Fifigrot 2013 | Himself | Jiho | Short |
| 2014 | In the Courtyard | Antoine Le Garrec | Pierre Salvadori | |
| Du goudron et des plumes | Paul Gracineau | Pascal Rabaté (2) | ||
| Near Death Experience | The colleague | Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern | ||
| 2015 | Macadam Stories | Sterkowitz | Samuel Benchetrit | |
| Simon | Marc | Emmanuel Caussé & Eric Martin | ||
| 2016 | Saint-Amour | The uncle | Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern | |
| Odd Job | Tom | Pascal Chaumeil | ||
| 150 Milligrams | Kermarec | Emmanuelle Bercot |
As filmmaker
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Screenwriter | Producer | |||
| 2004 | Aaltra | Yes | Yes | BFI London Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize Transilvania International Film Festival - Audience Award | |
| 2006 | Avida | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2008 | Louise Hires a Contract Killer | Yes | Yes | Amiens International Film Festival - Audience Award Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario for Best Original Screenplay San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Screenplay Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize for Originality (World Cinema Dramatic) Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Screenplay | |
| 2010 | Ya basta ! | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| 2010 | Mammuth | Yes | Yes | Cabourg Film Festival - Coup de Foudre Nominated—Berlin Film Festival - Golden Bear Nominated—César Award for Best Film Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay | |
| 2012 | Le Grand Soir | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize |
| 2014 | Near Death Experience | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nominated—Venice Film Festival - Horizons Award |
| 2016 | Saint-Amour | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2016 | Fleur de tonnerre | Yes | |||
References
- ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ^ "2012 Cannes Film Festival line-up announced!". Total Film. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ^ Cannes (2012-05-27). "Awards 2012". festival-cannes.fr. Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
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