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.
Life and career 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 where it won the Special Jury Prize.
Personal life Kervern is married to actress-director Stéphanie Pillonca. They have two children: a boy born in 2002 and a girl born in 2006.
Filmography As actor 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-series2002 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 movie2014 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 Short2015 Simon Marc Emmanuel Caussé & Eric Martin Macadam Stories Sterkowitz Samuel Benchetrit Groland le gros métrage The inventor Benoît Delépine & Jules-Édouard Moustic TV movie2016 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 Reine2017 Mr. Stein Goes Online Bernard Stéphane Robelin Cornélius, le meunier hurlant Mayor Cardamone Yann Le Quellec 2018 All About Mothers Grégoire Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar2019 Poissonsexe Daniel Luxet Olivier Babinet Les parfums Arsène Pélissier Grégory Magne Les petits flocons Sami Joséphine de Meaux Relai Benoît Suzanne Clément Short2020 Delete History The other dodo Kervern & Delépine Les sans-dents The eye-roller Pascal Rabaté Inhuman Resources Charles Bresson Ziad Doueiri TV mini-series2021 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)2024 The Art of Nothing Bagnoule Stefan Liberski2026La vénus électriqueTitusPierre Salvadori
As filmmaker Year Title Credited as NotesDirectorScreenwriterProducer 2004 Aaltra BFI London Film Festival - FIPRESCI PrizeTransilvania International Film Festival - Audience AwardNominated - Chicago International Film Festival for Gold Hugo Nominated - International Film Festival Rotterdam for Tiger AwardNominated - Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Film 2006 Avida 2008 Louise Hires a Contract Killer Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario for Best Original ScreenplaySan Sebastián International Film Festival - Best ScreenplaySundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize for Originality (World Cinema Dramatic)Nominated – Lumière Award for Best ScreenplayNominated - Sydney Film Festival for Best Film 2010 Mammuth Cabourg Film Festival - Coup de FoudreNominated – Berlin Film Festival - Golden BearNominated – César Award for Best FilmNominated – César Award for Best Original ScreenplayNominated - Gijón International Film Festival for Best FilmNominated - Odesa International Film Festival - International Competition Ya basta ! Short 2011 Miossec - Chanson Pour Les Amis Music video 2012 Le Grand Soir Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard Special Jury PrizeOdesa International Film Festival for Best DirectorNominated - Odesa International Film Festival - International CompetitionNominated - Warsaw Film Festival for Free Spirit Award 2014 Near Death Experience Nominated - Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Best Feature Film - Avant-Garde and GenreNominated – Venice Film Festival - Horizons Award 2016 Saint-Amour Nominated - Edinburgh International Film Festival - Best International Feature Film 2016 Fleur de tonnerre 2018 I Feel Good Nominated - Festival du nouveau cinéma - People's Choice AwardNominated - Locarno Film Festival - Variety Piazza Grande Award 2020Delete HistoryBerlin Film Festival - Special Jury PrizeNominated – Berlin Film Festival - Golden BearNominated – César Award for Best Original ScreenplayNominated - Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival - Best FilmNominated - Seville European Film Festival - Best Film Mords-les Short 2022 En même temps 2024 Je ne me laisserai plus faire Post-ProductionTV movie
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