Philippe Godeau (, born 14 May 1961) is a French film producer, director and screenwriter.
Career
Godeau worked in distribution at the
Gaumont Film Company
Gaumont SA () is a French film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in ...
before founding the production and
distribution film company Pan-Européenne.
Godeau has produced many films including ''
An Independent Life'' (1992), ''
Bad Company'' (1999), ''
Lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing.
Boxing Professional boxing
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the spor ...
'' (2004), ''
Les Sœurs fâchées'' (2004), ''
Largo Winch
''Largo Winch'' is a Belgian comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis. It started as a series of novels by Van Hamme in the late 1970s, but stopped due to a lack of success and the huge amount of work Van Hamme ...
'' (2008) and ''
Romantics Anonymous'' (2010). He collaborated with
Jaco Van Dormael in ''
The Eighth Day'' (1996) and ''
Mr. Nobody'' (2009). Godeau has worked with
Maurice Pialat,
Virginie Despentes, and
Jean-Pierre Améris.
His directorial debut was the 2009 drama ''
One for the Road'', starring
François Cluzet,
Mélanie Thierry and
Michel Vuillermoz. Based on reporter Herve Chabalier's autobiography about his battle with alcoholism, the story takes place in a
French Alps
The French Alps are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such a ...
retreat where Cluzet confronts his dangerous addiction. The film received five nominations at the
César Awards 2010, with Mélanie Thierry winning
Most Promising Actress.
Godeau's next film, ''
11.6'' (2013), is based on the real-life story of criminal
Toni Musulin.
Filmography
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Hideout'' (''La Palombière'') (1983)
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Le sixième doigt'' (1990)
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An Independent Life'' (''Samostoyatelnaya zhizn'') (1992)
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Adultery: A User's Guide'' (''Adultère, mode d'emploi'') (1995)
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Le Garçu'' (1995)
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The Eighth Day'' (''Le Huitième jour'') (1996)
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Bad Company'' (''Mauvaises fréquentations'') (1999)
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Baise-moi'' (2000)
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C'est la vie'' (2001)
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Change My Life'' (''Change-moi ma vie'') (2001)
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Monique'' (2002)
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Byways'' (''Chemins de traverse'') (2004)
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Mariages!'' (2004)
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Lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing.
Boxing Professional boxing
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the spor ...
'' (''Poids léger'') (2004)
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Me and My Sister'' (''Les Sœurs fâchées'') (2004)
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The Man of My Life'' (''L'homme de sa vie'') (2006)
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Bad Faith
Bad faith (Latin: ''mala fides'') is a sustained form of deception which consists of entertaining or pretending to entertain one set of feelings while acting as if influenced by another."of two hearts ... a sustained form of deception which c ...
'' (''Mauvaise foi'') (2006)
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Danse avec lui'' (2007)
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The Price to Pay'' (''Le Prix à payer'') (2007)
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Game of Four'' (''Détrompez-vous'') (2007)
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La Face cachée'' (2007)
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Magique!'' (2008)
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Largo Winch
''Largo Winch'' is a Belgian comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis. It started as a series of novels by Van Hamme in the late 1970s, but stopped due to a lack of success and the huge amount of work Van Hamme ...
'' (2008)
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Mr. Nobody'' (2009)
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One for the Road'' (''Le Dernier pour la route'') (2009, also writer and director)
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Oscar and the Lady in Pink'' (''Oscar et la Dame rose'') (2009)
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Divorces!'' (2009)
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Romantics Anonymous'' (''Les émotifs anonymes'') (2010)
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Largo Winch II'' (2011)
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11.6'' (2013, also writer and director)
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Juliette'' (2013)
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Les Trois Frères, le retour'' (2014)
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Sous X'' (2015)
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Une famille à louer'' (2015)
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Le Grand Partage'' (2015)
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The Odyssey
The ''Odyssey'' (; ) is one of two major epics of ancient Greek literature attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest surviving works of literature and remains popular with modern audiences. Like the ''Iliad'', the ''Odyssey'' is divi ...
'' (2016)
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Down by Love'' (''Éperdument'') (2016)
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Garde alternée'' (2017)
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To the Ends of the World'' (2018)
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Raoul Taburin'' (2029)
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Yao'' (2019, also writer and director)
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Perfect Nanny'' (''Chanson douce'') (2019)
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Beautiful Minds'' (''Presque'') (2021)
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Le Clan'' (2023)
References
External links
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Living people
French film producers
French film directors
French male screenwriters
French screenwriters
Place of birth missing (living people)
1961 births
French film production company founders