---
name: "Romain Goupil"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/romain-goupil"
fi1m_id: "romain-goupil"
imdb_id: "nm0332647"
tmdb_id: 7709
wikidata_id: "Q653724"
roles: ["Second assistant director"]
born: "12 July 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:57:06.917955+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."
---

# Romain Goupil

## Identity

Romain Goupil

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/romain-goupil
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** romain-goupil
- **IMDb ID:** nm0332647
- **TMDB ID:** 7709
- **Wikidata ID:** Q653724
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Goupil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q653724, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332647/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7709

Second assistant director. Born 12 July 1951 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Second assistant director
- **Born:** 12 July 1951, Paris, France
- **Active:** 1979–2001
- **Also known as:** Romain-Pierre Charpentier
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 74 (1), 2000s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romain_Goupil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q653724, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332647/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7709

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Fat Girl*](https://film.one/film/fat-girl.md) (74)

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## Biography

Romain Goupil, also credited as Romain-Pierre Charpentier, is a French filmmaker, director, screenwriter and actor born on 12 July 1951 in Paris.

He began working in film as an assistant director on titles including *The Meetings of Anna* (1978) and *Tess* (1979). His first feature as director, *Mourir à trente ans* (1982), drew on his experiences as a student activist during the events of May 1968 and won the César Award for Best First Film. He has since directed a series of documentaries and fiction films, often with political themes, and has appeared as an actor in several productions.

His father, Pierre Goupil, was a cinematographer. Goupil played the father in Catherine Breillat's *Fat Girl* (2001).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Fat Girl* (2001), Fi1m 74, as Francois — [page](https://film.one/film/fat-girl.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Tess* (1979), Fi1m 74, Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/tess.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Souviens-toi du futur!* (2024), Director
- *2 Victory Square, Kyiv* (2023), Director
- *Hans Hartung, la fureur de peindre* (2019), Director
- *On the Road in France* (2018), Director
- *Godard Mon Amour* (2017), as Cinephile
- *The Easy Way Out* (2015), as Ami Ariel
- *Les Jours venus* (2015), as Romain · Director, Writer
- *His Mother's Eyes* (2011), as Olivier
- *The Straight Line* (2011), as Educateur Social
- *Hands in the Air* (2010), as Luc · Director, Screenplay
- *Rien dans les poches* (2008), as Daniel Manikowski
- *Les murs porteurs* (2008), as Alain Tanzerman
- *A Christmas Tale* (2008), as Analyst's Friend
- *Gustave Courbet: The Origins of His World* (2007), as (voice) · Director
- *Mon homme* (2004), as L'homme
- *Purely Coincidental* (2002), Director, Director of Photography
- *Fat Girl* (2001), as Francois — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/fat-girl.md)
- *À mort la mort !* (1999), as Thomas · Director, Writer
- *Venus Beauty Institute* (1999), as Le médecin
- *A Couch in New York* (1996), Thanks
- *Sa vie à elle* (1995), Director, Scenario Writer
- *A Letter to L...* (1994), as Him (uncredited) · Writer, Director
- *Germany Year 90 Nine Zero* (1993), Production Manager
- *Lest We Forget* (1991), Director
- *Maman* (1990), Writer, Director
- *Je sais pas, je sais pas* (1988), as Fils · Director, Writer
- *Shadow Dance* (1983), Director, Writer
- *Half a Life* (1982), Director, Writer
- *Father Goupil* (1980), Director, Scenario Writer
- *Every Man for Himself* (1980), as Art Direction
- *Tess* (1979), Second Assistant Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tess.md)
- *The Meetings of Anna* (1978), Assistant Director

## Gallery

- ![French film director Romain Goupil at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2010](https://film.one/media/person/1246583/gallery-761924cf4223.jpg) French film director Romain Goupil at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2010 — Yasu (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Romain_Goupil_Tokyo_Intl_Filmfest_2010.jpg/1280px-Romain_Goupil_Tokyo_Intl_Filmfest_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Romain Goupil](https://film.one/media/person/1246583/gallery-c055ce767649.jpg) Romain Goupil — Siren-Com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Romain_Goupil_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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