French director Thomas Gilou specializes in films dealing with the daily realities of working-class life and frequently sets his stories within the immigrant-filled suburbs of Paris. Though he most often makes short films, like the César-nominated La Combine de la Girafe (1983), Gilou also occasionally writes and directs feature films, the first of which, Black Mic-Mac (1986), the tale of a suburb largely comprised of North African émigrés, earned him a César for best first film and won a César for most promising male newcomer for leading man Isaac de Bankole. Gilou's third film, Je Vérité Si Je Mens (Would I Lie to You?) (1997), the story of a homeless opportunist who is mistaken for a Jewish person by a wealthy benefactor, was also well-received.
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La vérité si je mens! 3
Director |
2011 | |||
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Victor
Director |
2009 | |||
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Michou d'Auber
Director |
2007 | |||
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La vérité si je mens! 2
Director |
2001 | |||
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La vérité si je mens!
Director |
1997 | |||
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Rai
Director, Screenwriter |
1995 | |||
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Hexagone
Consultant/advisor |
1994 | |||
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Black Mic-Mac
Director, Screenwriter |
1986 |