Xavier Legrand
Xavier Legrand (born 28 March 1979; Melun) is a French actor, direcor and screenwriter. Legrand was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the 2013 film Avant que de tout perdre (Just Before Losing Everything). His first feature Custody was in competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival and earned Legrand the Silver Lion for Best Director.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1979-03-28 · Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France
Known for
- Au Revoir les Enfants (1987) — Babinot
- Custody (2018) — Director
- Mortel (2019)
- The Successor (2023) — Director
- Escape from Raqqa (2019) — Matray
- Regular Lovers (2005)
- Just Before Losing Everything (2013) — Director
- Before What Comes After (2025) — Editor
- Camus (2010)
- Free Hands (2010)
- The Soviet Revolution Told Through its Cinema (2017) — Self
- Blaise (2016)
- Point de fuite (2007)
- Kaojikara (2007)
- La Ligne de fuite (2009)
- Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe (2018) — self