Xavier Gens

Xavier Gens

1975-04-27 Dunkerque, France 44 Credits

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Xavier Gens (born on April 27, 1975 in Dunkirk, France) is a French film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Xavier Gens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Havoc

Havoc

2025

Second Unit Director

6.5
Directing

When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.

Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema

Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema

2025

as Self

Acting

After researching the Flemish horror cinema in "Forgotten Scares", director Steve De Roover - with the help of co-director Jérôme Vandewattyne (Spit'N...

Generation Terror

Generation Terror

2024

as Himself

Acting

Horror bleeds into the 21st Century in an incisive documentary looking back at the late 1990s film industry on a global scale to find out what happene...

The Damned

The Damned

2024

Co-Producer

5.3
Producing

Yara, a 25-year-old Moroccan girl who has come to study in Paris, has not left her home for several months, as she has been agoraphobic since childhoo...

Under Paris

Under Paris

2024

Screenplay, Director

5.9
Writing Directing

In order to save Paris from an international bloodbath, a grieving scientist is forced to face her tragic past when a giant shark appears in the Seine...

Mayhem!

Mayhem!

2023

Director, Writer, Co-Producer

6.7
Directing Writing Producing

Sam is a professional boxer about to get released from prison. While on parole, his past catches up with him and he has no choice but to flee. Five ye...

Houria

Houria

2023

Producer

6.8
Producing

A young woman who is passionate about ballet dancing and experiences a trauma, and then she meets other women who have experienced similar situations ...

The Rock of Ages

The Rock of Ages

2021

Producer

7.6
Producing

A soldier, which army, which era, unclear. What’s clear is the evil he’s done. Faced with his impending mortality, he fears being judged in the afterl...

Papicha

Papicha

2019

Producer

7.7
Producing

Nedjma, an 18-year-old student passionate about fashion design refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War keep her from experiencing a...

Beyond Blood

Beyond Blood

2019

as Self

Acting

High Tension, Inside, Martyrs, Frontier(s) and Them. In the years of 2003 to 2008, those sensational and innovative horror movies were made and left h...

Budapest

Budapest

2018

Director

5.5
Directing

Two best friends stuck in boring jobs become bachelor party planners in Budapest.

Hostile

Hostile

2018

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fights to survive against hunger, thirst, a broken leg and strange disturbing creatures that only com...

Cold Skin

Cold Skin

2017

Director

6.3
Directing

A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life.

Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur

Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur

2017

as Self

Acting
The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion

2017

Director

5.7
Directing

When a priest is jailed for the murder of a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism, an investigative journalist strives to determine whether he in ...

Cell

Cell

2016

Executive Producer

4.7
Producing

When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodth...

Where is Rocky II?

Where is Rocky II?

2016

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

Pierre Bismuth hires a private detective and a duo of screenwriters to investigate on an enigmatic artwork.

The ABCs of Death

The ABCs of Death

2013

Director

4.9
Directing

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by child...

Among Friends

Among Friends

2012

as Himself

4.2
Acting

A twisted horror about a dinner party gone wrong. Set against an 80s backdrop, the good time takes a dark turn when one in the group hijacks the eveni...

The Divide

The Divide

2012

Director

5.9
Directing

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away a...

Edwige

Edwige

2011

Producer

5.6
Producing

Edwige lives alone in a house in Normandy and works as a maid. Her only companion is her loneliness. One day she meets a man in one of the rooms of th...

The Assault

The Assault

2011

Thanks

6.0

December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers a...

French Meat

French Meat

2010

as Self

5.3
Acting

Documentary on the rise of New French Extremism.

The Incredible Adventures of Fusion Man

The Incredible Adventures of Fusion Man

2009

Director, Writer

5.5
Directing Writing

It's a comedy, inspired superhero films. Dan, aka Fusion Man, is about to spend the evening with his boyfriend Marc, but he has to leave to rescue an ...

Lady Blood

Lady Blood

2008

as L'homme tabassé

3.6
Acting

15 years after giving birth to a bloodthirsty monster, Yanka is attempting to move on with her new life. But a series of inexplicable murders will lea...

Hitman

Hitman

2007

Director

6.1
Directing

A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's ...

Frontier(s)

Frontier(s)

2007

Director, Writer

6.2
Directing Writing

A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.

Le bon, la brute et les zombies

2004

as Impaled zombie

4.7
Acting

Hordes of zombies invade a western town.

The Captive

The Captive

2000

Assistant Director Trainee

5.7
Directing

Ariane and Simon met down by the water. Simon has managed to prize Ariane away from her friends, a bunch of free and arrogant girls, and move her into...

30 Years

30 Years

2000

Casting Director

Directing

A bittersweet drama covering 30 years in the lives of group of friends united by their devotion to the theatre, 30 Ans begins in Paris in 1974, when A...

The Secret Laughter of Women

The Secret Laughter of Women

1999

Assistant Director Trainee

4.7
Directing

Oscar-winner Colin Firth stars in this heart-warming cross-cultural romantic comedy set in the idyllic South of France. Nimi, a beautiful Nigerian si...

Les Kidnappeurs

Les Kidnappeurs

1998

Unit Manager

5.9

Ulysse, a gun-toting hood, gets together a team of four people, including himself, to carry out what he thinks will be a fail-safe heist...

Ronin

Ronin

1998

Assistant Director Trainee

7.0
Directing

A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembl...

RPM

RPM

1998

Assistant Director Trainee

2.8
Directing

A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when he steals a prototype supercar.

On Guard

On Guard

1997

Unit Manager

6.7

France, 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII. When a dear friend, the Duke of Nevers, is treacherously assassinated by a powerful relative, a ...

Never Ever

Never Ever

1997

Assistant Director Trainee, Production Assistant

2.0
Directing

Thomas Murray and Amanda have just moved to Paris. He works for a bank owned by Amanda's father Arthur Trevane. Amanda decides that she does not like ...

Madame Jacques on the Croisette

Madame Jacques on the Croisette

1997

Assistant Director, Second Unit Director

Directing

A César Award winning short film about an elderly Jewish couple playing cards in Cannes who find love at an unexpected age.

Double Team

Double Team

1997

Assistant Director Trainee

5.2
Directing

A CIA agent is interned for failing to kill an international terrorist. Escaping from his island exile, he teams up with a flamboyant arms dealer and ...

Maximum Risk

Maximum Risk

1996

Assistant Director Trainee

5.8
Directing

Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New ...

Condamner a tuer

Condamner a tuer

N/A

Director

Directing

An Unfinished Country

N/A

Director

Directing

Hungry for recognition, two young American doctors accept the challenge of a residency in the world's largest hospital, where they unexpectedly get en...

The Guns of Christmas Past

N/A

Director

Directing

A former hitman for the mob, brought out from hiding when his former best friend and partner is killed. Ebb penetrates the compound of his enemy to ex...

Under Paris 2

Under Paris 2

N/A

Director

Directing

Sequel to Xavier Gens's "Under Paris" (2024), filming planned in 2027.

Lady Chang

N/A

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

A former French war photographer who is traumatized by the loss of her team during her last mission and sets off to rebuild her life in a region of So...