Gustave Kervern (born 27 August 1962), also known as Gustave de Kervern and Gustave K/Vern, is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaboration with

Benoît Delépine Benoît Delépine (born 30 August 1958) is a French comedian and film director. He is known for his satirical activities on TV channel Canal+. Director of the TV program '' Guignols de l'info'' for many years, he currently writes TV programs abo ...

Life and career

In 2004 he wrote, directed, and starred in '' Aaltra'' with

. Also with Delépine, he has directed and starred in ''

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'', which was screened out of competition at the 2006

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. The duos film '' Louise-Michel'' won a Special Jury Prize at the 2009

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. Their 2010 film ''

Mammuth ''Mammuth'' is a 2010 French drama film directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern. It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. For her role, Yolande Moreau was nominated for Best Actress at t ...

'' starred

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and Isabelle Adjani. It was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the

60th Berlin International Film Festival The 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2010, with Werner Herzog as President of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama ''Apart Together'', in comp ...

. Their 2012 film '' Le Grand Soir'' competed in the

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section at the

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where it won the Special Jury Prize.

Selected filmography

As actor

As filmmaker

References

External links

* 1962 births French film directors Living people French people of Breton descent French male film actors French male television actors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French film producers 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors {{France-film-director-stub