Stéphane Brizé

1966-

Biography: life and films

Stéphane Brizé is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He was born in Rennes, France on 18th October 1966.

His best films as a screenwriter include L'oeil qui traîne (1996), Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005) and Entre adultes (2007), and whose best work as a film director include L'oeil qui traîne (1996), Entre adultes (2007) and Mademoiselle Chambon (2009).

Stéphane Brizé has so far scripted 7 films, directed 7 films (including 2 shorts) and appeared in 4 films.

His most frequent genres include: romance (5 films), drama (5), comedy-drama (3) and comedy-romance (2).

Our average rating for Stéphane Brizé over all films is: 3.5

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

Au petit Marguery (1995) [a]

Le Bleu des villes (1999) [d,w]

Nos vies heureuses (1999) [a]

Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005) [d,w]

Entre adultes (2007) [d,w]

Le Nouveau protocole (2008) [a]

Mademoiselle Chambon (2009) [d,w]

Quelques heures de printemps (2012) [d,w]

La Loi du marché (2015) [d]

Une vie (2016) [d,w]

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