Xavier Legrand

Director · Born March 28, 1979 · Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France

Biography

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.

Directed 3

2020s

2023
The Successor
Director
68

2010s

2018
Custody
Director
81
2013
Just Before Losing Everything
Director

Acted in 9

2020s

2025
Before What Comes After
Editor

2010s

2019
Mortel
TV · 2 Seasons · Science Fiction · Fantasy
67
Escape from Raqqa
Matray
61
2016
A Night in March
Thomas
2010
Free Hands
Movie
Camus
Movie

2000s

2007
Kaojikara
Movie
2005
Regular Lovers
Movie

1980s

1987
Au Revoir les Enfants
Babinot
84

Wrote 3

2020s

2023
The Successor
Screenplay
68

2010s

2018
Custody
Writer
81
2013
Just Before Losing Everything
Writer

Appearances2

2010s

2018
Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
self
2017
The Soviet Revolution Told Through its Cinema
Self