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Xavier Legrand

French filmmaker · France · On the map · Directors · Born 1979 · age 47

Xavier Legrand is a French actor, scriptwriter and filmmaker. Legrand was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the 2013 film Avant que de tout perdre .

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A life in dates

2025Before What Comes AfterFilm, Editor2023The SuccessorFilm, Director, Writer2019MortelSeriesEscape from RaqqaFilm, 2019Matray2018CustodyFilm, Director, WriterMarius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russeFilm, 20182017The Soviet Revolution Told Through its CinemaFilm2016BlaiseSeriesA Night in MarchFilm, 2016Thomas2013Chevalier des Arts et des LettresAwardJust Before Losing EverythingFilm, 2013Director, Writer2010CamusFilm2009La Ligne de fuiteFilm2007KaojikaraFilmPoint de fuiteFilm2005Regular LoversFilm1987Au Revoir les EnfantsFilm, Babinot1979Born28 March 1979

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  • Custody 2018
  • Au Revoir les Enfants 1987
  • Regular Lovers 2005
  • The Successor 2023
  • Escape from Raqqa 2019

Filmography 15

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Television 2

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres2013

About this person

His first feature Custody was in competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival and earned Legrand the Silver Lion for Best Director as well as four César Awards.

Country
France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1979 · age 47

In the same film or series as Xavier

Francine RacetteAlso in Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)Rebecca MarderAlso in Escape from Raqqa (2019)Françoise LebrunAlso in Before What Comes After (2025)