Philippe Garrel
Director
Biography
Philippe Garrel (French: [gaʁɛl]; born 6 April 1948; Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. Garrel and actress Brigitte Sy are the parents of actors Louis Garrel and Esther Garrel.
Philippe Garrel was born in Boulogne-Billancourt in 1948, the son of actor Maurice Garrel and his wife. His brother, Thierry Garrel, is a producer. The younger Garrel became interested in film and started his career early, influenced by the new work of Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. At the age of 16, Garrel wrote and directed his first film, Les Enfants désaccordés, in 1964.
His films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival , Venice Film Festival, and Berlin Film Festival. His works often deal with the theme of the disruptive youth of the 1960s, of which he was a part of. He has directed students of the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art where he teaches acting classes. He also staged, in his films several of his friends and family members.
Filmography
The Inner Scar
as Man / Devil 1972
L'Enfant Secret
as Psychiatric patient 1982
The Virgin's Bed
as Apostle 1969
Emergency Kisses
as Mathieu 1989
The Crystal Cradle
1976
Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
as Louis (segment 3) 1984
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
1985
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
as Le Fiancé d'Opra 1992
The Blue of the Origins
1979
Home Movie: On the Set of Philippe Garrel's 'Le lit de la vierge'
as Self 1968
Cinématon
as N°193 1978
Anemone
as Philippe, le réalisateur 1968
Positano
as Self 2008
La bande des quatre
TBA
Philippe Garrel - Portrait d'un artiste
as Philippe Garrel 1999
La deuxième femme
as Self 2008
Je meurs de soif, j'étouffe, je ne puis crier...
1979