Philippe Le Guay

Philippe Le Guay

1956-10-22 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France 30 Credits

Biography

Philippe Le Guay is a French screenwriter, film director and occasional actor. He studied film at the IDHEC and began his career as a screenwriter before directing his first feature film Les Deux Fragonard in 1989. He is known for his work on The Women on the 6th Floor (2010), which was well received at the French box office, and the César Award-nominated Bicycling with Molière (2013).

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Story of Annette Zelman

Story of Annette Zelman

2022

Director

6.1
Directing

1942 Paris. Annette is 20 years old, Jean is barely older, they love each other and the future is bright for them. But the deportation of the Jews of ...

Quand les bourgeois font leur cinéma

Quand les bourgeois font leur cinéma

2022

as Self - Réalisateur

6.0
Acting
The Man in the Basement

The Man in the Basement

2021

Screenplay, Co-Producer, Director

5.6
Writing Producing Directing

A Parisian couple decides to sell an unsanitary basement in their building. A very ordinary, nondescript man, Mr. Fonzic, shows up to buy it. Nothing ...

¡Ay, Carmen!

¡Ay, Carmen!

2018

as Self - Filmmaker

5.3
Acting

The personal and professional story, told in first person, of Spanish actress Carmen Maura, director Pedro Almodóvar's first muse and a brilliant arti...

Normandy Nude

Normandy Nude

2018

Writer, Director

5.6
Writing Directing

At the Mêle sur Sarthe, a small Norman village, farmers are affected by a crisis. Georges Balbuzard, the mayor of the city, is not one to let them dow...

Florida

Florida

2015

Director, Adaptation

6.4
Directing

Although he's now eighty years old, Claude Lherminier is still as imposing as he ever was. But his bouts of forgetfulness and confusion are becoming i...

Not My Type

Not My Type

2014

as Le modérateur conférence philosophie

6.2
Acting

Clement, a young philosophy teacher, is sent to Arras for a year. He meets Jennifer, a pretty hair stylist, and the two freely share their hearts and ...

Cycling with Molière

Cycling with Molière

2013

Director, Writer, Original Story

6.5
Directing Writing

Serge Tanneur is at the pinnacle of his acting career when he decides to turn his back on show business and become a hermit living off of France’s Atl...

My Little Princess

My Little Princess

2011

Writer

6.5
Writing

Young Violetta and her mother Hannah are a peculiar couple. Ten-year-old Violetta lives a quiet life with her grandmother, while her mother Hannah is ...

The Women on the 6th Floor

The Women on the 6th Floor

2011

Screenplay, Director

6.8
Writing Directing

Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of ...

His Name Was Vian

His Name Was Vian

2011

Director

Directing

In a cinema, the day of the premiere of J'irai cracher sur vos tombes (adapted from his novel), Boris Vian has a heart attack. During his discomfort, ...

One Fine Day

One Fine Day

2006

Director, Writer

5.0
Directing Writing

François Berthier’s life is a series of unfortunate events. One day, however, a miracle occurs for François and his expected misfortune is changed to ...

Textiles

Textiles

2004

as The regular at the bakery

4.7
Acting

Sophie and Olivier are a couple leading a straightforward life. They’re bakers in Paris and their lives are regulated by the constraints of their job....

The Cost of Living

The Cost of Living

2003

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

Une héritière qui n'arrive pas à hériter, un radin qui ne peut rien dépenser, un petit garçon qui trouve un billet dans la rue, un restaurateur prodig...

Night Shift

Night Shift

2001

Director

6.5
Directing

A worker in a bottle factory, Pierre decides to switch from day shift to night shift. In his new team, he runs into Fred, a charismatic and violent gu...

After Sex

After Sex

1997

Writer

6.1
Writing

The end of an affair from the woman's point of view.

Tout ce qui brille

Tout ce qui brille

1996

Scenario Writer

1.0
Writing

Laurence is 30 years old, has a loving husband and an exciting job. But her happiness is not complete because, despite numerous attempts, she is unabl...

The Juliette Year

The Juliette Year

1995

Director, Writer

5.8
Directing Writing

Camille Prader, back from a physicians' meeting, is waiting for his suitcase on the Airport conveyor belt. Clémentine, his girlfriend of the day, has ...

Urgence d'aimer

1993

Scenario Writer, Director

4.0
Writing Directing

Joëlle, a simple and energetic young woman, works as a hairdresser for Mrs. Delbarre. When Professor Thibaud, a great bone specialist, asks her to don...

Août

Août

1992

as The bar owner

5.5
Acting

The story of a few couples who have arrived at a point of no return whose history will cross, mingle or fall apart.

Rhesus-Romeo

1992

Director

Directing

When Professor Thibaud, a great bone specialist, asks Joëlle, a simple young girl, to donate her bone marrow in view of a transplant, she agrees witho...

Lapse of Memory

Lapse of Memory

1991

Writer

6.5
Writing

After a terrible accident, a psychatrist has to help Bruce to regain his memory. In flashbacks we learn that his family had to flee from New York afte...

Overseas

Overseas

1990

Screenplay

4.8
Writing

In French Algeria, after WWII, three daughters of wealthy settlers begin their adult lives. Zon marries an often absent sailor. Malene's husband, Gild...

Every Other Weekend

Every Other Weekend

1990

Writer

6.6
Writing

Camille, a mercurial César-winning actress, has seen better times. Estranged from her husband, she's with her children only every other weekend. It's ...

Les Deux Fragonard

Les Deux Fragonard

1989

Director, Writer

4.0
Directing Writing

The name of painter Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is synonymous for a kind of painting style which celebrates carefree romantic life, indoors and ...

Cayenne Palace

Cayenne Palace

1987

Writer

2.8
Writing

French Guiana has long been the site for some notorious prisons surrounded by dense jungle. In this story, Noel Caradec (Richard Berry) is a bereft so...

August 15th

1986

Scenario Writer

Writing

In a villa by the sea, in August, a woman spends her vacation with another young woman, her son and an au pair. She awaits the return of her husband w...

Les deux Fragonard

1986

Director

Directing

The painter Honoré Fragonard lives in a sort of beehive surrounded by attractive female models, of which Marianne, his mistress and muse, is the queen...

Grosse

1985

Screenplay

1.0
Writing

A César award winning short film about a young actress who has to disguise her pregnancy bump in order to keep working.

Il ne faut jurer de rien

1983

Writer

1.0
Writing