Xavier Gens
Know for: Directing
Born: 1975-04-27
Place of birth: Dunkerque, France
Also know as:
Among Friends (2012)
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...
Le bon, la brute et les zombies (2004)
Hordes of zombies invade a western town.
Lady Blood (2008)
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...
Generation Terror (2024)
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...
Beyond Blood (2019)
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...
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema (2025)
After researching the Flemish horror cinema in "Forgotten Scares", director Steve De Roover - with the help of co-director Jérôme...
French Meat (2010)
Documentary on the rise of New French Extremism.
Hitman (2007)
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) (2007)
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.
Frontier(s) (2007)
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.
Houria (2023)
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 Divide (2012)
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away...
Mayhem! (2023)
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...
The ABCs of Death (2013)
An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by...
Madame Jacques on the Croisette (1997)
A César Award winning short film about an elderly Jewish couple playing cards in Cannes who find love at an unexpected age.
The Rock of Ages (2021)
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...
The Damned (2024)
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...
The Assault (2011)
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...
An Unfinished Country (1970)
Hungry for recognition, two young American doctors accept the challenge of a residency in the world's largest hospital, where they unexpectedly get...
Under Paris (2024)
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...
Under Paris (2024)
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...
Hostile (2018)
Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fights to survive against hunger, thirst, a broken leg and strange disturbing creatures that only...
The Incredible Adventures of Fusion Man (2009)
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...
Mayhem! (2023)
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...
The Crucifixion (2017)
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 (2016)
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become...
Cold Skin (2017)
A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life.
Budapest (2018)
Two best friends stuck in boring jobs become bachelor party planners in Budapest.
Havoc (2025)
After a drug deal gone wrong, a bruised detective must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son,...
The Guns of Christmas Past (1970)
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...
Mayhem! (2023)
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...
Papicha (2019)
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...
X is for XXL (2012)
Gertrude, an overweight woman, wanders the streets of France as people everywhere taunt her size; she is haunted by images of thin, attractive women....
Under Paris 2 (1970)
Sequel to Xavier Gens's "Under Paris" (2024), filming planned in 2027.