Romain Gavras

Romain Gavras (born 4 July 1981 in Paris, France) is a Greek - French director, best known overseas for directing M.I.A.'s controversial video for "Born Free". His films and music videos often portray a gritty and realistic setting juxtaposed with exciting high energy content. He won two MTV Video Music Awards in 2012 for Best Cinematography and Best Direction, both for the "Bad Girls" video he directed for M.I.A.

He is the son of Constantinos Gavras (Costa-Gavras) and in 1994 he co-founded the collective Kourtrajmé with Kim Chapiron, the son of Kiki Picasso.

• "Gosh", Jamie xx (2016)
• "Dior HOMME" Commercial - Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love", Robert Pattinson (2013)
• "No Church in the Wild", Kanye West & Jay-Z (2012)
• "Bad Girls", M.I.A. (2012)
• "Adidas Is All In" Commercial - "Civilization", Justice (2011)
• "Born Free", M.I.A. (2010)
• "The Age of the Understatement", The Last Shadow Puppets (2008)
• "Stress", Justice (2008)
• "I Believe", Simian Mobile Disco (2008)
• "Changer le monde", Rocé (2008)
• "Signatune", DJ Mehdi (2007)
• "Les Mathématiques de Roi Heenok" (2007)
• "Pour ceux", Mafia K1 Fry (2004)

The Funk Hunt (2001 ??)