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Philippe Garrel

フィリップ・ガレル　/　ふぃりっぷ・がれる

Actor from France

April 6, 1948 (age 78)　・　Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine, France

Seine
actor
film director
screenwriter

My Take

I think of Philippe Garrel as one of those filmmakers whose name you encounter long before you see his work, always tied to the French New Wave even though he was barely a teenager when it broke. What strikes me is the sheer span of his career: a Louis Delluc Prize in 2005, a critics' award the following year, and then a Silver Bear for Best Director in 2023, nearly two decades later. Films like Regular Lovers and The Wind of the Night suggest a director patient enough to let intimacy and melancholy breathe. He never seems to have chased the spotlight, which to me makes the longevity feel earned rather than engineered.

Overview

Philippe Garrel (French: [gaʁɛl]; born 6 April 1948) is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. His films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Berlin Film Festival.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Philippe Garrel
Name (Japanese): フィリップ・ガレル
Reading: ふぃりっぷ・がれる
Born: April 6, 1948 (age 78)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Rat
Origin: Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / film director / screenwriter / film producer / film editor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2005 Louis Delluc Prize
2006 European Film Academy Critics Award
2023 Silver Bear for Best Director
2013 Prix Marguerite Duras

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	J'entends plus la guitare	—
Notable work	The Wind of the Night	—
Notable work	Regular Lovers	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB

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