Gilles Paquet-Brenner

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Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Born September 14, 1974 · Paris, France (age 51)

Gilles Paquet-Brenner (born 14 September 1974) is a French director and screenwriter. He is the son of the opera singer Ève Brenner. Paquet-Brenner's first feature film, Pretty Things (2001), won an award at the Deauville American Film Festival. In 2007, Paquet-Brenner directed the low-budget, direct-to-DVD, but generally well-received film, Walled In. In 2015, he directed the mystery film Dark P…

Known For

Crooked HouseCrooked House · 2017
Crooked House
6.42017
MovieMysteryCrime
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
Dark PlacesDark Places · 2015
Dark Places
5.92015
MovieThrillerMystery
A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
Sarah's KeySarah's Key · 2010
Sarah's Key
7.32010
MovieDramaWar
On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just before the police entered their apartment. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist in Paris, gets the assignment to write an article about this raid, a black page in the history of France. She starts digging archives and through Sarah's file discovers a well kept secret about her own in-laws.
Walled InWalled In · 2009
Walled In
4.92009
MovieHorrorThriller
Having finally secured her first assignment from her family's demolition business, Sam Walczak is sent to supervise the destruction of an apartment house, only to discover a group of tenants still living in the condemned building. One such tenant, Jimmy, tells Sam an urban legend about a serial murderer who used to live in the building and entomb his victims in the walls. What's worse, the dead are believed to still harass the residents to this day.
Pretty ThingsPretty Things · 2001
Pretty Things
5.02001
MovieDrama
Lucie, who works as a white-hot fashion model, exhibits a dominant, often controlling, "Type A" personality, whereas identical twin Marie consistently projects a backward, reserved, laconic and unassuming attitude. When Lucie receives a covetable French recording contract, a significant problem stands in her way: the inability to sing. Marie possesses the voice of an angel, however, and quickly jets off to Paris to stand in for her sister, unannounced - little realizing the dangerous and even violent string of consequences that she is igniting.
PayoffPayoff · 2003
Payoff
4.72003
MovieCrimeComedy
Two very different cops are forced to work together...
UVUV · 2007
UV
6.12007
MovieDramaMystery
During the absence of Philipp, in his house appears the stranger, who calls himself Boris. He says that he was the school comrade of Philipp and it arrived to visit old friend. Boris charms all households and remains to await Philipp. Only one Andre- Pierre distrustful relates to the stranger.
Gomez vs. TavarèsGomez vs. Tavarès · 2007
Gomez vs. Tavarès
4.32007
MovieActionComedy
Two crooked lawmen (Stomy Bugsy, Titoff) search for a precious stone to collect an inheritance.

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