---
name: "Gilles Adrien"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gilles-adrien"
fi1m_id: "gilles-adrien"
imdb_id: "nm0012496"
tmdb_id: 13681
wikidata_id: "Q3106054"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 February 1951"
died: "24 November 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:42:32.040278+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gilles Adrien

## Identity

Gilles Adrien

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gilles-adrien
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gilles-adrien
- **IMDb ID:** nm0012496
- **TMDB ID:** 13681
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3106054
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3106054, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012496/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13681

Writer. Born 7 February 1951 in Oran. Died 24 November 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 February 1951, Oran
- **Died:** 24 November 2017
- **Active:** 1991–1995
- **Frequently works with:** [Dominique Pinon](https://film.one/person/dominique-pinon.md), [Jean-Claude Dreyfus](https://film.one/person/jean-claude-dreyfus.md), [Jean-Pierre Jeunet](https://film.one/person/jean-pierre-jeunet.md), [Marc Caro](https://film.one/person/marc-caro.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3106054, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012496/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13681

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Delicatessen*](https://film.one/film/delicatessen.md) (83)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The City of Lost Children*](https://film.one/film/the-city-of-lost-children.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gilles Adrien (1951–2017) was a French screenwriter, director and comic-strip author. Born in Oran, he began his career writing bandes dessinées for *Hara-Kiri Hebdo* and *Métal Hurlant* before contributing to animated television series including *Moi Renart* and *Albert le cinquième mousquetaire*.

Adrien collaborated with Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro on the screenplays for *Delicatessen* (1991) and *The City of Lost Children* (1995). He received the César Award for Best Original Screenplay for *Delicatessen*. He later wrote and directed short films and television projects such as *Le Chien noir* (1995) and *Rue Oberkampf* (2000), and contributed the screenplay for Rachid Bouchareb’s *L’Honneur de ma famille* (1998).

*Sources: fr.wikipedia.org, allocine.fr, lesinrocks.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The City of Lost Children* (1995), Fi1m 78, Screenplay, Dialogue — [page](https://film.one/film/the-city-of-lost-children.md)
- *Delicatessen* (1991), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/delicatessen.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Princess of the Sun* (2007), Writer
- *The Magician* (1999), series, Creator
- *My Family's Honour* (1997), Writer
- *The City of Lost Children* (1995), Screenplay, Dialogue — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-city-of-lost-children.md)
- *The Legend of White Fang* (1992), series, Writer
- *Delicatessen* (1991), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/delicatessen.md)
- *The Bunker of the Last Gunshots* (1982), Writer

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