Romain Gavras


Romain Gavras is a French film director. He is known for directing M.I.A.'s videos "Bad Girls" and "Born [Free (music video)|Born Free]", Kanye West and Jay-Z's video "No Church in the Wild" and Jamie xx's video "Gosh (Jamie [xx song)|Gosh]". He also directed Justice's "Stress".
His second film The [World Is Yours (film)|The World Is Yours] was screened at the Directors' Fortnight during the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. His third film Athena had its premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Sacrifice is the filmmaker's English-language debut.

Biography

Gavras is the son of Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras. He is part of the film group Kourtrajmé with Kim Chapiron, Ladj Ly and Toumani Sangaré.

Personal life

Gavras was in a relationship with English singer Rita Ora from 2020 to 2021. In 2023, he dated English singer Dua Lipa.