Romain Gavras

{{short description|French filmmaker (born 1981)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|07|04}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| occupation = Director, screenwriter

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| parents = {{ubl|Costa-Gavras | Michèle Ray-Gavras}}

| relatives = {{ubl|Julie Gavras (sister) | Alexandre Gavras (brother)}}

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Romain Gavras ({{IPA|fr|ʁɔmɛ̃ ɡavʁas|lang}}; born 4 July 1981) is a French film director. He is known for directing M.I.A.'s videos "Bad Girls" and "Born Free", Kanye West and Jay-Z's video "No Church in the Wild" and Jamie xx's video "Gosh".{{cite web|date=28 November 2016|title=The Best Music Videos of 2016|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9979-the-best-music-videos-of-2016/?page=3|access-date=29 August 2020|work=Pitchfork}}{{cite web|date=20 December 2016|title=Best Music Videos of 2016: Jamie xx, 'Gosh'|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/12/20/506159153/jamie-xx-gosh?t=1598867729387|access-date=31 August 2020|publisher=NPR}} He also directed Justice's "Stress".{{cite web|last1=Gorton|first1=Thomas|date=18 August 2015|title=The most controversial music videos of all time|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/25970/1/the-most-controversial-music-videos-of-all-time|access-date=27 August 2020|work=Dazed}}{{cite web|last1=Cochrane|first1=Lauren|date=25 September 2010|title=Romain Gavras: Born Free director is no stranger to Stress|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/25/romain-gavras-born-free|access-date=27 August 2020|work=The Guardian}}

His second film The World Is Yours was screened at the Directors' Fortnight during the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. His third film Athena (2022) had its premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/venice-film-festival-unveils-2022-line-up-follow-live/5172911.article |title=Venice film festival unveils 2022 line-up – follow live|date=26 July 2022|access-date=13 March 2023|website=Screen Daily}}