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Xavier Gens

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
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On set of Cold Skin with Actress Aura Garrido as Aneris
Xavier Gens was born on 27 April 1975 in Dunkerque, Nord, France. He is a director and assistant director, known for Frontière(s) (2007), The Divide (2011) and Sous la Seine (2024). He has been married to Mounia Meddour since 2005.
BornApril 27, 1975
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BornApril 27, 1975
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 6 nominations

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    Known for

    Frontière(s) (2007)
    Frontière(s)
    6.2
    • Director
    • 2007
    Rosanna Arquette, Michael Biehn, Courtney B. Vance, Lauren German, Iván González, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Eklund, Ashton Holmes, and Abbey Thickson in The Divide (2011)
    The Divide
    5.8
    • Director
    • 2011
    Sous la Seine (2024)
    Sous la Seine
    5.2
    • Director
    • 2024
    John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in Cell (2016)
    Cell
    4.4
    • Producer
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Director

    • The Guns of Christmas Past
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • Under Paris 2
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • Sous la Seine (2024)
      Sous la Seine
      5.2
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Omar Sy in Lupin (2021)
      Lupin
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Nassim Lyes in Farang (2023)
      Farang
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Némo Schiffman, Corentin Fila, Carl Malapa, and Manon Bresch in Mortel (2019)
      Mortel
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Joe Cole and Sope Dirisu in Gangs of London (2020)
      Gangs of London
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Manu Payet, Jonathan Cohen, and Monsieur Poulpe in Budapest (2018)
      Budapest
      5.5
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Ray Stevenson and David Oakes in Cold Skin (2017)
      Cold Skin
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2017
    • The Crucifixion (2017)
      The Crucifixion
      5.1
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Donald Sutherland, William Fichtner, Marc Lavoine, Gabriella Pession, Tom Wlaschiha, Richard Flood, and Lara Rossi in Crossing Lines (2013)
      Crossing Lines
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • The ABCs of Death (2012)
      The ABCs of Death
      4.7
      • Director (segment X Is for XXL)
      • 2012
    • Rosanna Arquette, Michael Biehn, Courtney B. Vance, Lauren German, Iván González, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Eklund, Ashton Holmes, and Abbey Thickson in The Divide (2011)
      The Divide
      5.8
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Raphaël Personnaz in Les incroyables aventures de Fusion Man (2009)
      Les incroyables aventures de Fusion Man
      5.9
      TV Short
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Hitman: Gag Reel (2008)
      Hitman: Gag Reel
      Video
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Hitman: Alternate Ending (2008)
      Hitman: Alternate Ending
      7.6
      Video
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Timothy Olyphant and Olga Kurylenko in Hitman (2007)
      Hitman
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2007

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Havoc
      • second unit director
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • John Hurt, Samantha Morton, Goran Bogdan, and Tahar Rahim in The Last Panthers (2015)
      The Last Panthers
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • second unit director
      • 2015
    • Cramps (2000)
      Cramps
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2000
    • La captive (2000)
      La captive
      6.0
      • trainee assistant director
      • 2000
    • The Secret Laughter of Women (1999)
      The Secret Laughter of Women
      6.0
      • trainee assistant director
      • 1999
    • Robert De Niro in Ronin (1998)
      Ronin
      7.2
      • trainee assistant director (uncredited)
      • 1998
    • RPM (1997)
      RPM
      3.6
      • trainee assistant director
      • 1997
    • Madame Jacques sur la Croisette (1997)
      Madame Jacques sur la Croisette
      6.4
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 1997
    • Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dennis Rodman in Double Team (1997)
      Double Team
      4.8
      • trainee assistant director
      • 1997
    • Jane March, Sandrine Bonnaire, and Charles Finch in Never Ever (1996)
      Never Ever
      4.5
      • trainee assistant director
      • 1996
    • Jean-Claude Van Damme and Natasha Henstridge in Maximum Risk (1996)
      Maximum Risk
      5.6
      • trainee assistant director (uncredited)
      • 1996

    Producer

    • Nassim Lyes in Farang (2023)
      Farang
      6.3
      • co-producer
      • 2023
    • Rachida Brakni, Hilda Amira Douaouda, Xavier Gens, Damien Keyeux, Chloé Cambournac, Gregoire Gensollen, Yasmine Meddour, Mounia Meddour, Léo Lefèvre, Patrick André, Maxence Dussère, Salim Kissari, Lyna Khoudri, and Marwan Fares in Houria (2022)
      Houria
      6.4
      • producer
      • 2022
    • The Rock of Ages (2021)
      The Rock of Ages
      6.2
      Short
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Shirine Boutella, Hilda Amira Douaouda, Zahra Manel Doumandji, and Lyna Khoudri in Papicha (2019)
      Papicha
      7.1
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Brittany Ashworth in Hostile (2017)
      Hostile
      5.3
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in Cell (2016)
      Cell
      4.4
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Where Is Rocky II? (2016)
      Where Is Rocky II?
      6.5
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Edwige
      6.5
      Short
      • producer
      • 2012
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    Personal details

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    • Born
      • April 27, 1975
      • Dunkerque, Nord, France
    • Spouse
      • Mounia Meddour2005 - present

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      President of Noisy-le-Sec, France-based production company Ink Connection SAS, better known as "The Ink Connection".

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