--- name: "Gilles Marchand" canonical: "https://film.one/person/gilles-marchand" fi1m_id: "gilles-marchand" imdb_id: "nm0545382" tmdb_id: 18176 wikidata_id: "Q3106385" roles: ["Writer"] born: "18 June 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-22T03:06:32.267568+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 Marchand ## Identity Gilles Marchand - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gilles-marchand - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** gilles-marchand - **IMDb ID:** nm0545382 - **TMDB ID:** 18176 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3106385 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Marchand, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3106385, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0545382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18176 Writer. Born 18 June 1963 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 18 June 1963, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Marchand, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3106385, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0545382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18176 ## Biography Gilles Marchand is a French screenwriter and film director. Born on 18 June 1963 in Marseille, he studied at the IDHEC film school in Paris, where he met future collaborators including Dominik Moll and Laurent Cantet. He is best known for his screenplays for films directed by others, including *With a Friend Like Harry...* (2000), *Bon Voyage* (2003), *Lemming* (2005), *Eastern Boys* (2013), *The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun* (2015), *Only the Animals* (2019) and *The Night of the 12th* (2022). He has also co-written and directed his own films, such as *Who Killed Bambi?* (2003), which screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Marchand has maintained a long professional collaboration with Dominik Moll, co-writing *Case 137* (2025) among other projects. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, medias.unifrance.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Case 137* (2025), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/case-137.md) ## Complete filmography (30) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *At Work* (2026), Screenplay - *Case 137* (2025), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/case-137.md) - *Drone* (2024), Co-Writer - *Night Call* (2024), Screenplay - *Red Island* (2023), Screenplay - *The Night of the 12th* (2022), Writer - *A Change of Heart* (2022), Screenplay - *Only the Animals* (2019), Screenplay - *Who Killed Little Gregory?* (2019), series, Director - *Into the Forest* (2016), Director, Screenplay - *News from Planet Mars* (2016), Writer - *Marguerite & Julien* (2015), Writer - *The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun* (2015), Screenplay - *Eastern Boys* (2013), Screenplay - *Hand in Hand* (2012), Writer - *Black Heaven* (2010), Director, Screenplay - *The Queen of Hearts* (2009), as Security guard - *L'éclaireur* (2006), Writer - *The Airplane* (2005), Writer - *Lemming* (2005), Screenplay - *Red Lights* (2004), Writer - *Who Killed Bambi?* (2003), Director, Screenplay - *Bon Voyage* (2003), Adaptation - *Tender Souls* (2001), Writer - *With a Friend Like Harry...* (2000), Writer - *Human Resources* (1999), Writer - *The Sanguinaires* (1999), Screenplay - *Desolate Rome* (1995), Director of Photography - *Summer Games* (1995), Assistant Director - *Tous à la manif* (1994), Script ## Gallery - ![Gilles Marchand](https://film.one/media/person/6899733/gallery-4ff2b974f283.jpg) Gilles Marchand — Ivan Bessedin, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Gilles_Marchand.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Dominik Moll en dédicace à la boutique Potemkine en novembre 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/6899733/gallery-a340d5e0e695.jpg) Dominik Moll en dédicace à la boutique Potemkine en novembre 2022. — ManoSolo13241324, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Dominik_Moll_et_Gilles_Marchand_2022_2.jpg/1280px-Dominik_Moll_et_Gilles_Marchand_2022_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Dominik Moll et Gilles Marchand lors d'une rencontre autour de "Dossier 137" à la boutique Potemkine, le 31 mars 2026.](https://film.one/media/person/6899733/gallery-458617a3836a.jpg) Dominik Moll et Gilles Marchand lors d'une rencontre autour de "Dossier 137" à la boutique Potemkine, le 31 mars 2026. — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Dominik_Moll_et_Gilles_Marchand_2026.jpg/1280px-Dominik_Moll_et_Gilles_Marchand_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jalil Lespert, Gilles Marchand et Bernard Benoliel à la Cinémathèque française, le 8 novembre 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/6899733/gallery-6347f487e178.jpg) Jalil Lespert, Gilles Marchand et Bernard Benoliel à la Cinémathèque française, le 8 novembre 2025. — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Jalil_Lespert%2C_Gilles_Marchand_et_Bernard_Benoliel_2025.jpg/1280px-Jalil_Lespert%2C_Gilles_Marchand_et_Bernard_Benoliel_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Dominik Moll et Gilles Marchand présentant "La Nuit du 12" à la boutique Potemkine en novembre 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/6899733/gallery-31203781c15e.jpg) Dominik Moll et Gilles Marchand présentant "La Nuit du 12" à la boutique Potemkine en novembre 2022. — ManoSolo13241324, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Dominik_Moll_et_Gilles_Marchand_2022_1.jpg/1280px-Dominik_Moll_et_Gilles_Marchand_2022_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Valérie Donzelli et Gilles Marchand lors d'une avant-première d'"À pied d'oeuvre" aux 7 Parnassiens, le 19 janvier 2026.](https://film.one/media/person/6899733/gallery-48d3572c1009.jpg) Valérie Donzelli et Gilles Marchand lors d'une avant-première d'"À pied d'oeuvre" aux 7 Parnassiens, le 19 janvier 2026. — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Val%C3%A9rie_Donzelli_et_Gilles_Marchand_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated - César Award for Best Adaptation 2023: César Award for Best Adaptation (won), for *The Night of the 12th* - European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2000: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *Harry, He's Here to Help* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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