# Gustave Kervern

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

Gustave 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-series |
| 2002 | Patron sur mesure | Pedro | Stéphane Clavier | TV movie |
| 2002 | Caméra café | The plumber | Karine Giraud | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2004 | Aaltra | Farmer | Kervern & Delépine | |
| 2006 | Avida | Deaf Mute Captive | Kervern & Delépine | |
| 2006 | 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 | |
| 2010 | Bas-fonds | The lover | Isild Le Besco | |
| 2010 | Mammuth | Delicatessen Employee | Kervern & Delépine | |
| 2011 | All Together | Funeral Salesman | Stéphane Robelin | |
| 2011 | Holidays by the Sea | Green Golfer | Pascal Rabaté | |
| 2012 | Nuts | Bertrand | Yann Coridian | |
| 2012 | Torpedo | The mechanic | Matthieu Donck | |
| 2012 | Bocuse | Eric | Stéphanie Pillonca & Géraldine Renault | Short |
| 2012 | Déferlente | The handler | Winifrey Bandera-Guzman & Zoé Delépine | Short |
| 2012 | La rentrée des émissions | Machin | Nath Dumont | Short |
| 2012 | Mange | Vinnie | Virgile Bramly & Julia Ducournau | TV movie |
| 2014 | In the Courtyard | Antoine Le Garrec | Pierre Salvadori | |
| 2014 | Near Death Experience | Colleague 2 | Kervern & Delépine | |
| 2014 | Du goudron et des plumes | Paul Gracineau | Pascal Rabaté | |
| 2014 | Vengeance et terre battue | Marius | Mathieu Sapin | Short |
| 2015 | Simon | Marc | Emmanuel Caussé & Eric Martin | |
| 2015 | Macadam Stories | Sterkowitz | Samuel Benchetrit | |
| 2015 | Groland le gros métrage | The inventor | Benoît Delépine & Jules-Édouard Moustic | TV movie |
| 2016 | Odd Job | Tom | Pascal Chaumeil | |
| 2016 | L'invitation | Philippe | Michaël Cohen | |
| 2016 | Saint-Amour | The uncle | Kervern & Delépine | |
| 2016 | 150 Milligrams | Kermarec | Emmanuelle Bercot | |
| 2016 | Fleur de tonnerre | Abbé Riallan | Stéphanie Pillonca | |
| 2016 | Cigarettes et chocolat chaud | Denis Patar | Sophie Reine | |
| 2017 | Mr. Stein Goes Online | Bernard | Stéphane Robelin | |
| 2017 | Cornélius, le meunier hurlant | Mayor Cardamone | Yann Le Quellec | |
| 2018 | All About Mothers | Grégoire | Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar | |
| 2019 | Poissonsexe | Daniel Luxet | Olivier Babinet | |
| 2019 | Les parfums | Arsène Pélissier | Grégory Magne | |
| 2019 | Les petits flocons | Sami | Joséphine de Meaux | |
| 2019 | Relai | Benoît | Suzanne Clément | Short |
| 2020 | Delete History | The other dodo | Kervern & Delépine | |
| 2020 | Les sans-dents | The eye-roller | Pascal Rabaté | |
| 2020 | Inhuman Resources | Charles Bresson | Ziad Doueiri | TV mini-series |
| 2021 | Cette musique ne joue pour personne | Jacky | Samuel Benchetrit | |
| 2021 | Capitaine Marleau | Christophe Lemaire | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2022 | Murder Party | Armand | Nicolas Pleskof | |
| 2022 | En même temps | The restaurant owner | Kervern & Delépine | |
| 2023 | Rosalie | Paul | Stéphanie Di Giusto | |
| 2023 | Sentinelle | Valéry Rocher | Hugo Benamozig & David Caviglioli | |
| 2023 | Nouveaux riches | | Julien Hollande | |
| 2023 | Panda | Messina | Nicolas Cuche & Jérémy Mainguy | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2023 | Drops of God | Philippe Chassangre | Oded Ruskin | TV series (8 episodes) |
| 2024 | The Art of Nothing | Bagnoule | Stefan Liberski | |

### As filmmaker

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | Title | Director | Screenwriter | Producer | Notes |
| 2004 | Aaltra | Yes | Yes | | BFI London Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize Transilvania International Film Festival - Audience Award Nominated - Chicago International Film Festival for Gold Hugo Nominated - International Film Festival Rotterdam for Tiger Award Nominated - Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Film |
| 2006 | Avida | Yes | Yes | | |
| 2008 | Louise Hires a Contract Killer | Yes | Yes | | Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario for Best Original Screenplay San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Screenplay Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize for Originality (World Cinema Dramatic) Nominated – Lumières Award for Best Screenplay Nominated - Sydney Film Festival for Best Film |
| 2010 | Mammuth | Yes | Yes | | Cabourg Film Festival - Coup de Foudre Nominated – Berlin Film Festival - Golden Bear Nominated – César Award for Best Film Nominated – César Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated - Gijón International Film Festival for Best Film Nominated - Odesa International Film Festival - International Competition |
| 2010 | Ya basta ! | Yes | Yes | | Short |
| 2011 | Miossec - Chanson Pour Les Amis | Yes | Yes | | Music video |
| 2012 | Le Grand Soir | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize Odesa International Film Festival for Best Director Nominated - Odesa International Film Festival - International Competition Nominated - Warsaw Film Festival for Free Spirit Award |
| 2014 | Near Death Experience | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nominated - Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Best Feature Film - Avant-Garde and Genre Nominated – Venice Film Festival - Horizons Award |
| 2016 | Saint-Amour | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nominated - Edinburgh International Film Festival - Best International Feature Film |
| 2016 | Fleur de tonnerre | | Yes | | |
| 2018 | I Feel Good | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nominated - Festival du nouveau cinéma - People's Choice Award Nominated - Locarno Film Festival - Variety Piazza Grande Award |
| 2020 | Delete History | Yes | Yes | Yes | Berlin Film Festival - Special Jury Prize Nominated – Berlin Film Festival - Golden Bear Nominated – César Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated - Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival - Best Film Nominated - Seville European Film Festival - Best Film |
| 2020 | Mords-les | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short |
| 2022 | En même temps | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2024 | Je ne me laisserai plus faire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Post-Production TV movie |