Gustave Kervern (born 27 August 1962), also known as Gustave de Kervern and Gustave K/Vern, is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaboration with Benoît Delépine.

Gustave Kervern
Gustave Kervern in 2014
Born (1962-08-27) 27 August 1962 (age 62)
Occupation(s)Actor, film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active1996–present

Life and career

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In 1999, he joined his friend Benoît Delépine, in Groland, a burlesque, satirical comedy sketch show, broadcast on Canal+. It became a cult classic and is still broadcast in 2023, more than thirty years after its creation.

In 2004 he wrote, directed, and starred in Aaltra with Benoît Delépine. Also with Delépine, he has directed and starred in Avida, which was screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The duos film Louise-Michel won a Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Their 2010 film Mammuth starred Gérard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani. It was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.

Their 2012 film Le Grand Soir competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival[1][2] where it won the Special Jury Prize.[3]

Personal life

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Gustave Kervern is married to actress-director Stéphanie Pillonca. They have two children: a boy born in 2002 and a girl born in 2006.

Filmography

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As actor

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1996 Delphine 1, Yvan 0 The waiter Dominique Farrugia
1998 Ivre mort pour la patrie Vincent Hachet Short
1999 H Clément Dufresne Édouard Molinaro TV series (1 episode)
1999–2023 Groland Various Bruno Le Jean, Sylvain Fusée, ... TV series (1 episode)
2001 Toc toc toc Gus Sylvain Fusée TV mini-series
2002 Patron sur mesure Pedro Stéphane Clavier TV movie
Caméra café The plumber Karine Giraud TV series (2 episodes)
2004 Aaltra Farmer Kervern & Delépine
2006 Avida Deaf Mute Captive Kervern & Delépine
LocKed Out The policeman Albert Dupontel
2008 Louise Hires a Contract Killer Ship's captain Kervern & Delépine
2010 Henry Van de Breek Kafka & Pascal Rémy
Bas-fonds The lover Isild Le Besco
Mammuth Delicatessen Employee Kervern & Delépine
2011 All Together Funeral Salesman Stéphane Robelin
Holidays by the Sea Green Golfer Pascal Rabaté
2012 Nuts Bertrand Yann Coridian
Torpedo The mechanic Matthieu Donck
Bocuse Eric Stéphanie Pillonca & Géraldine Renault Short
Déferlente The handler Winifrey Bandera-Guzman & Zoé Delépine Short
La rentrée des émissions Machin Nath Dumont Short
Mange Vinnie Virgile Bramly & Julia Ducournau TV movie
2014 In the Courtyard Antoine Le Garrec Pierre Salvadori
Near Death Experience Colleague 2 Kervern & Delépine
Du goudron et des plumes Paul Gracineau Pascal Rabaté
Vengeance et terre battue Marius Mathieu Sapin Short
2015 Simon Marc Emmanuel Caussé & Eric Martin
Macadam Stories Sterkowitz Samuel Benchetrit
Groland le gros métrage The inventor Benoît Delépine & Jules-Édouard Moustic TV movie
2016 Odd Job Tom Pascal Chaumeil
L'invitation Philippe Michaël Cohen
Saint-Amour The uncle Kervern & Delépine
150 Milligrams Kermarec Emmanuelle Bercot
Fleur de tonnerre Abbé Riallan Stéphanie Pillonca
Cigarettes et chocolat chaud Denis Patar Sophie Reine
2017 Mr. Stein Goes Online Bernard Stéphane Robelin
Cornélius, le meunier hurlant Mayor Cardamone Yann Le Quellec
2018 All About Mothers Grégoire Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
2019 Poissonsexe Daniel Luxet Olivier Babinet
Les parfums Arsène Pélissier Grégory Magne
Les petits flocons Sami Joséphine de Meaux
Relai Benoît Suzanne Clément Short
2020 Delete History The other dodo Kervern & Delépine
Les sans-dents The eye-roller Pascal Rabaté
Inhuman Resources Charles Bresson Ziad Doueiri TV mini-series
2021 Cette musique ne joue pour personne Jacky Samuel Benchetrit
Capitaine Marleau Christophe Lemaire Josée Dayan TV series (1 episode)
2022 Murder Party Armand Nicolas Pleskof
En même temps The restaurant owner Kervern & Delépine
2023 Rosalie Paul Stéphanie Di Giusto
Sentinelle Valéry Rocher Hugo Benamozig & David Caviglioli
Nouveaux riches Julien Hollande
Panda Messina Nicolas Cuche & Jérémy Mainguy TV series (6 episodes)
Drops of God Philippe Chassangre Oded Ruskin TV series (8 episodes)
TBA De l'art ou du Machond? Bagnoule Stefan Liberski Post-Production

As filmmaker

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Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Screenwriter Producer
2004 Aaltra Yes Yes BFI London Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize
Transilvania International Film Festival - Audience Award
Nominated - Chicago International Film Festival for Gold Hugo
Nominated - International Film Festival Rotterdam for Tiger Award
Nominated - Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Film
2006 Avida Yes Yes
2008 Louise Hires a Contract Killer Yes Yes Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario for Best Original Screenplay
San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Screenplay
Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize for Originality (World Cinema Dramatic)
Nominated – Lumières Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated - Sydney Film Festival for Best Film
2010 Mammuth Yes Yes Cabourg Film Festival - Coup de Foudre
Nominated – Berlin Film Festival - Golden Bear
Nominated – César Award for Best Film
Nominated – César Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated - Gijón International Film Festival for Best Film
Nominated - Odesa International Film Festival - International Competition
Ya basta ! Yes Yes Short
2011 Miossec - Chanson Pour Les Amis Yes Yes Music video
2012 Le Grand Soir Yes Yes Yes Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize
Odesa International Film Festival for Best Director
Nominated - Odesa International Film Festival - International Competition
Nominated - Warsaw Film Festival for Free Spirit Award
2014 Near Death Experience Yes Yes Yes Nominated - Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Best Feature Film - Avant-Garde and Genre
Nominated – Venice Film Festival - Horizons Award
2016 Saint-Amour Yes Yes Yes Nominated - Edinburgh International Film Festival - Best International Feature Film
2016 Fleur de tonnerre Yes
2018 I Feel Good Yes Yes Yes Nominated - Festival du nouveau cinéma - People's Choice Award
Nominated - Locarno Film Festival - Variety Piazza Grande Award
2020 Delete History Yes Yes Yes Berlin Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
Nominated – Berlin Film Festival - Golden Bear
Nominated – César Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated - Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival - Best Film
Nominated - Seville European Film Festival - Best Film
Mords-les Yes Yes Yes Short
2022 En même temps Yes Yes Yes
2024 Je ne me laisserai plus faire Yes Yes Yes Post-Production
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References

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  1. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  2. ^ "2012 Cannes Film Festival line-up announced!". Total Film. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  3. ^ Cannes (2012-05-27). "Awards 2012". festival-cannes.fr. Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
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