Robert Guédiguian

Biography

Robert Jules Guédiguian (born 3 December 1953) is a French filmmaker, producer and actor. Most known for Marius and Jeannette (1997) and Gloria Mundi (2019), his films usually star his wife Ariane Ascaride or Jean-Pierre Darroussin. Guédiguian is the son of a German mother and an Armenian father, whose family immigrated to France in the early 20th century after the Armenian genocide. He evokes his paternal roots in his 2006 film Le Voyage en Armenie. He has a working-class background, as his father is a worker on the Marseille docks. Guédiguian became concerned with political questions and for a while was involved with the French Communist Party. In 2008 he joined the Left Party in France. He has been married to actress Ariane Ascaride since 1975 and they have two daughters, Valentine and Madeleine. Like Marcel Pagnol and René Allio before him, he anchors his films in social reality. His films are strongly marked by the local and regional environment of the city of Marseille, and in particular L'Estaque (north-west Marseille), for example in Marius et Jeannette. His 2011 film The Snows of Kilimanjaro premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. I…

Directed

1. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011) — Director
2. The House by the Sea (2017) — Director
3. Army of Crime (2009) — Director
4. Gloria Mundi (2019) — Director
5. The Thieving Magpie (2025) — Director
6. Marius and Jeannette (1997) — Director
7. And the Party Goes On (2023) — Director
8. Marie-Jo and Her 2 Loves (2002) — Director
9. Mali Twist (2022) — Director
10. The Last Mitterrand (2005) — Director
11. Ariane's Thread (2014) — Director
12. The Town Is Quiet (2000) — Director
13. Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (2015) — Director
14. Lady Jane (2008) — Director
15. Where the Heart Is (1998) — Director
16. Charge! (2000) — Director
17. 'Till Death Do Us Part (1995) — Director
18. Armenia (2006) — Director
19. L'argent fait le bonheur (1998) — Director
20. Ki lo sa? (1986) — Director
21. My Father is an Engineer (2004) — Director
22. Last Summer (1981) — Director
23. Dieu vomit les tièdes (1991) — Director
24. Rouge midi (1985) — Director
25. Une femme aujourd’hui (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Marius and Jeannette (1997) — Narrateur (voice) (uncredited)
2. Il était une fois Marseille (2022) — Self
3. Leçon de Cinéma (2004) — Self
4. Une histoire extraordinaire (2021) — Self
5. Il était une fois... « Marius et Jeannette » (2014) — Self
6. Robert Guédiguian, cinéaste (2004) — Self
7. In the Musical Intimacy of a Film Score (2025) — Self
8. Le Cercle (2005) — Self