Xavier Legrand

Director

Born: March 28, 1979 (age 47)
From: Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France

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.

Filmography (15)

Before What Comes After (2025)
Editor
The Successor (2023)
Director
Escape from Raqqa (2019)
Matray
Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe (2018)
self
Custody (2018)
Director
The Soviet Revolution Told Through its Cinema (2017)
Self
A Night in March (2016)
Thomas
Just Before Losing Everything (2013)
Director
Free Hands (2010)
Camus (2010)
La Ligne de fuite
La Ligne de fuite (2009)
Kaojikara (2007)
Point de fuite
Point de fuite (2007)
Regular Lovers (2005)
Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
Babinot