Alain Cavalier

Biography

Alain Cavalier (born September 14, 1931) is a French film director. He was born in Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher and studied film at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. He won several awards, including the César Award for Best Film and César Award for Best Director for his film Thérèse in 1987. His upcoming film Pater is scheduled to premiere In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Cavalier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Directed

1. The Unvanquished (1964) — Director
2. Le Combat dans l'île (1962) — Director
3. Thérèse (1986) — Director
4. Heartbeat (1968) — Director
5. Pater (2011) — Director
6. Un étrange voyage (1981) — Director
7. Fill 'er Up with Super (1976) — Director
8. Irene (2009) — Director
9. Paradise (2014) — Director
10. Living and Knowing You Are Alive (2019) — Director
11. Martin and Lea (1979) — Director
12. Libera me (1993) — Director
13. The Encounter (1996) — Director
14. Le Filmeur (2005) — Director
15. This Answering Service Takes No Messages (1979) — Director
16. Pillaged (1967) — Director
17. Six portraits XL : 1 Léon et Guillaume (2018) — Director
18. Un américain (1958) — Director
19. Holy Places (2007) — Director
20. René (2002) — Director
21. Le Caravage (2015) — Director
22. L'Amitié (2023) — Director
23. Portraits: Première Série (1988) — Director
24. Portraits: Deuxième Série (1991) — Director
25. Six portraits XL : 2 Jacquotte et Daniel (2018) — Director
26. Six portraits XL : 3 Philippe et Bernard (2018) — Director
27. 10 films inédits d'Alain Cavalier (2012) — Director
28. The Illusionist (1990) — Director
29. Lettre d'Alain Cavalier (1982) — Director
30. Georges de La Tour (1998) — Director
31. Vies (2000) — Director
32. France 1961 (2010) — Director
33. La Matelassière (1987) — Director
34. La Dame-Lavabo (1987) — Director
35. Thanks for Coming (2026) — Director
36. Haiku (2009) — Director
37. Bonnard (2005) — Director
38. Liberté, liberté chérie (1993) — Director
39. Les Braves (2008) — Director
40. Cavalier Express (2014) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Unvanquished (1964) — Un passant à Lyon (uncredited)
2. Pater (2011) — Alain Cavalier
3. Living and Knowing You Are Alive (2019) — Self
4. Le Filmeur (2005) — Self
5. Cavalier Seul (2025) — Self
6. L'Amitié (2023) — Self
7. Alain Cavalier - Sept chapitres, cinq jours, 2 pièces-cuisine (1996) — Self
8. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
9. Roger Diamantis or Real Life (2005) — Self
10. Thanks for Coming (2026) — Self
11. I'd Like to Share Spring with Someone (2007) — Alain
12. Journal filmé à la Cinémathèque française (2012) — Self
13. Complices (2011)
14. 24 portraits d Alain Cavalier (1991) — Self
15. Ciné regards (1978) — Self