Philippe Le Guay

{{Short description|French screenwriter, film director and actor}}

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| name = Philippe Le Guay

| image = Philippe Le Guay 2014.jpg

| caption = Philippe Le Guay in 2014

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1956|10|22}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

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| occupation = Screenwriter, film director, actor

| yearsactive = 1983–present

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| relatives = Dominique de Villepin (brother-in-law)
Marie de Villepin (niece)

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Philippe Le Guay (born 22 October 1956) is a French screenwriter, film director and occasional actor. He studied film at the IDHEC and began his career as a screenwriter before directing his first feature film Les Deux Fragonard in 1989. He is known for his work on The Women on the 6th Floor (2010), which was well received at the French box office, and the César Award-nominated Bicycling with Molière (2013).{{cite web |url=http://www.canalplus.fr/c-cinema/c-les-films-en-salles/cid737460-philippe-le-guay.html |title= Philippe Le Guay |work=Canal+}}

Filmography

= As director/screenwriter =

class="wikitable sortable"

! rowspan=2 width="33"| Year

! rowspan=2| Title

! colspan=2| Credited as

! rowspan=2| Notes

width=65 |Director

! width=65 |Screenwriter

align="center" | 1983

| align="left"| Il ne faut jurer de rien

|

| {{yes}}

| Short film

align="center" | 1984

| align="left"| Le Clou

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Short film
Audience Award (Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival)

align="center" | 1985

| align="left"| Grosse

|

| {{yes}}

| Short film

align="center" | 1986

| align="left"| 15 août

|

| {{yes}}

| Short film

align="center" | 1987

| align="left"| Cayenne Palace

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 1989

| align="left"| Les Deux Fragonard

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" |1989

| align="left"| Sandra

|

| {{yes}}

| Also as actor

align="center" | 1990

| align="left"| Every Other Weekend

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 1990

| align="left"| Overseas

|

| {{yes}}

| Bayard d'Or for Best Screenplay

align="center" | 1992

| align="left"| Lapse of Memory

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 1992

| align="left"| Urgence d'aimer

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Telefilm

align="center" | 1993

| align="left"| Ascension Express

|

| {{yes}}

| Telefilm

align="center" | 1993

| align="left"| Rhésus Roméo

| {{yes}}

|

| Telefilm

align="center" | 1995

| align="left"| L'Année Juliette

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 1996

| align="left"| Tout ce qui brille

|

| {{yes}}

| Telefilm

align="center" | 1997

| align="left"| After Sex

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2001

| align="left"| Nightshift

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2003

| align="left"| The Cost of Living

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2006

| align="left"| Du jour au lendemain

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2010

| align="left"| The Women on the 6th Floor

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2011

| align="left"| Vian Was His Name

| {{yes}}

|

| Telefilm

align="center" | 2011

| align="left"| My Little Princess

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2013

| align="left"| Bicycling with Molière

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Audience Award for Best in World Cinema (Sarasota Film Festival)
Nominated—César Award for Best Original Screenplay

align="center" | 2015

| align="left"| Belles Familles

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2015

| align="left"| Floride

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2018

| align="left"| Naked Normandy

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2020

| align="left"| The Rose Maker (La fine fleur)

|

| {{yes}}

|

align="center" | 2021

| align="left"| The Man in the Basement

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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= As actor =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

1989

| Sandra

| A diplomat

1991

| Août

| The bar owner

1991

| Textiles

| The regular patron

2014

| Not My Type

| The moderator

References

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