Romain Gavras (; born 4 July 1981) is a French film director. He is known for directing M.I.A.'s videos "Bad Girls" and "Born Free", Kanye West and Jay-Z's video "No Church in the Wild" and Jamie xx's video "Gosh". He also directed Justice's "Stress".
His second film The World Is Yours was screened at the Directors' Fortnight during the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. His third film Athena (2022) had its premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Sacrifice (2025) 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.
Filmography
Film Year Title Notes 2001 The Funk Hunt Short film 2002 La Barbichette Short film Easy Pizza Riderz Short film 2008 Les Mathématiques du Roi Heenok Short film A Cross the Universe DocumentaryNominated – CPH:DOX Sound & Vision Award 2010 Our Day Will Come(Notre jour viendra) Nominated – CPH PIX: New Talent Grand PixNominated – SXSW Film Festival Audience Award: Emerging VisionsNominated – Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema: Kraków Film Award 2018 The World Is Yours(Le Monde est à toi) Nominated – Quinzaine des Réalisateurs: Europa Cinemas LabelNominated – Quinzaine des Réalisateurs: Art Cinema AwardNominated – Quinzaine des Réalisateurs: SACD Award 2022 Athena Nominated – Golden Lion 2025 Sacrifice
Music video Year Title Artist 2003 "Pour ceux" Mafia K1 Fry 2004 "Y'en a des biens" Didier Super 2007 "Trankillement" Fatal Bazooka "I Believe" Simian Mobile Disco "Signatune" DJ Mehdi 2008 "Stress" Justice "The Age of the Understatement" The Last Shadow Puppets 2010 "Born Free" M.I.A. 2012 "Bad Girls" "No Church in the Wild" Jay-Z and Kanye West 2016 "Gosh" Jamie xx 2021 "Neo Surf" Gener8ion and 070 Shake 2026 "Storm" Gener8ion and Yung Lean
Personal life Gavras was in a relationship with English singer Rita Ora from 2020 to 2021. In 2023, he dated English singer Dua Lipa. Since February 2026, he has been dating model and actress Emily Ratajkowski.
References
External links
Romain Gavras on Vimeo