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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 Frontier(s) (2007), The Divide (2011) and Cell (2016). He has been married to Mounia Meddour since 2005.
BornApril 27, 1975
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Michael Biehn and Xavier Gens in The Divide (2011)
Xavier Gens in Hitman (2007)
Timothy Olyphant and Xavier Gens in Hitman (2007)
Xavier Gens

Known for

Frontier(s) (2007)
Frontier(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
John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in Cell (2016)
Cell
4.4
  • Producer
  • 2016
Timothy Olyphant and Olga Kurylenko in Hitman (2007)
Hitman
6.2
  • Director
  • 2007

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Director

  • Farang
    • Completed
  • Resilienza
    • Pre-production
  • Némo Schiffman, Corentin Fila, Carl Malapa, and Manon Bresch in Mortel (2019)
    Mortel
  • Joe Cole and Sope Dirisu in Gangs of London (2020)
    Gangs of London
  • Manu Payet, Jonathan Cohen, and Monsieur Poulpe in Budapest (2018)
    Budapest
  • Ray Stevenson and David Oakes in Cold Skin (2017)
    Cold Skin
  • The Crucifixion (2017)
    The Crucifixion
  • Donald Sutherland, William Fichtner, Marc Lavoine, Gabriella Pession, Tom Wlaschiha, Richard Flood, and Lara Rossi in Crossing Lines (2013)
    Crossing Lines
  • The ABCs of Death (2012)
    The ABCs of Death
    • (segment X Is for XXL)
  • 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
  • Raphaël Personnaz in Les incroyables aventures de Fusion Man (2009)
    Les incroyables aventures de Fusion Man
  • Hitman: Gag Reel (2008)
    Hitman: Gag Reel
  • Hitman: Alternate Ending (2008)
    Hitman: Alternate Ending
  • Hitman: Deleted Scenes (2008)
    Hitman: Deleted Scenes
  • Timothy Olyphant and Olga Kurylenko in Hitman (2007)
    Hitman
  • Frontier(s) (2007)
    Frontier(s)
  • Sable noir (2006)
    Sable noir

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Havoc
    • Post-production
  • John Hurt, Samantha Morton, Goran Bogdan, and Tahar Rahim in The Last Panthers (2015)
    The Last Panthers
  • Cramps (2000)
    Cramps
  • La captive (2000)
    La captive
  • The Secret Laughter of Women (1999)
    The Secret Laughter of Women
  • Robert De Niro in Ronin (1998)
    Ronin
    • (uncredited)
  • RPM (1997)
    RPM
  • Madame Jacques sur la Croisette (1997)
    Madame Jacques sur la Croisette
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dennis Rodman in Double Team (1997)
    Double Team
  • Jane March, Sandrine Bonnaire, and Charles Finch in Never Ever (1996)
    Never Ever
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme and Natasha Henstridge in Maximum Risk (1996)
    Maximum Risk
    • (uncredited)

Producer

  • Resilienza
    • (showrunner)
    • Pre-production
  • Rachida Brakni, Amira Hilda 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
  • The Rock of Ages (2021)
    The Rock of Ages
  • Shirine Boutella, Amira Hilda Douaouda, Zahra Manel Doumandji, and Lyna Khoudri in Papicha (2019)
    Papicha
  • Hostile (2017)
    Hostile
  • John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in Cell (2016)
    Cell
  • Where Is Rocky II? (2016)
    Where Is Rocky II?
  • Edwige
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

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

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

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