Pierre Salvadori

Pierre Salvadori
Salvadori at the 2014 Cabourg Film Festival
Born (1964-11-08) 8 November 1964
OccupationsFilm director, screenwriter
Years active1992–present

Pierre Salvadori (born 8 November 1964) is a French film director from Santo-Pietro-di-Venaco, known for works on romantic comedies such as Priceless (2006) and The Trouble with You (2018).

Life and career

In 1989 Salvadori wrote his first screenplay, which would then become the hit film Cible émouvante (Wild Target), which he directed in 1993. The film garnered the young director a César nomination for Best First Work, though he had already tested his directorial capabilities the year before with the short film Ménage.

Cible émouvante was remade in London by Jonathan Lynn as Wild Target (2009)

In 1995, Salvadori began working with Marie Trintignant and Guillaume Depardieu, whom he cast in the highly successful films The Apprentices and Comme elle respire. And in 2000, Salvadori switched gears from comedy to the dark thriller The Sandmen.

He was awarded the ‘Itinérances’ prize in 2023 by the Alès Film Festival – Itinérances.

Filmography

As filmmaker

Year English Title Original Title Notes
1993 Wild Target Cible émouvante
1995 The Apprentices Les Apprentis
1998 White Lies Comme elle respire
2000 The Sandmen Le détour Feature version of TV Movie of same title
2003 After You... Après vous
2006 Priceless Hors de prix
2010 Beautiful Lies De vrais mensonges
2014 In the Courtyard Dans la cour
2018 The Trouble with You En liberté!
2022 The Little Gang
TBA The Electric Kiss Venus Electrificata Post-production

Television

  • L'@mour est à réinventer (1996) – TV series, 1 episode
  • Le détour (2000) – TV film

Actor

  • L'histoire du garçon qui voulait qu'on l'embrasse (1994)
  • The Banned Woman (1997)
  • La femme du cosmonaute (1998)
  • White Lies (1998)
  • Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte (2005)