Director

Christian Carion

January 4, 1963 · Cambrai, Nord, France

Christian Carion (born 4 January 1963) is a French film director, dialogue writer and screenwriter, gaining international attention for Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas), which was nominated for several awards, including the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Christian Carion was born into a family of farmers in the north of France. Carion's youth was spent in his parents' farm fields, where he was constantly reminded of World War I as the family often found dangerous, unexploded shells left over from the conflicts in the fields. He had also heard of the stories in which French soldiers would leave their trenches at night to meet with their wives in the surrounding German-occupied towns and return to fight the next morning. After passing his baccalauréat, he joined an engineering school affiliated to the French ministry of agriculture.

Notable work

7.2
Tell No One (2006)
as Lucille's father
7.4
Joyeux Noel (2005)
as Nurse and Director
6.1
My Son (2021)
Director and Writer

Often works with

Guillaume Canet
4 titles together
Tell No One, Joyeux Noel, My Son
Christophe Rossignon
4 titles together
My Son, Driving Madeleine, The Girl from Paris
Gary Lewis
3 titles together
Joyeux Noel, My Son, Farewell
Marc Berman
3 titles together
The Girl from Paris, Monsieur le député !, Le château d'eau
Diane Kruger
2 titles together
Joyeux Noel, Farewell
Benno Fürmann
2 titles together
Joyeux Noel, Farewell

Full filmography · 10

Driving Madeleine
as Le notaire and Director
20227.1
My Son
Director and Writer
20216.1
My Son
Writer and Director
20175.8
Come What May
Director
20156.3
Farewell
as Mitterrand advisor and Director and Writer
20096.5
Tell No One
as Lucille's father
20067.2
Joyeux Noel
as Nurse and Director
20057.4
The Girl from Paris
as Man with portable and Director and Writer
20016.4
Monsieur le député !
Director
1999
Le château d'eau
Director
1998