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Julia Ducournau

Julia Ducournau

Director and writer · Born November 18, 1983 (42) · Paris, France

BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body

Julia Ducournau is a French film director and screenwriter. She made her feature film debut in 2016 with Raw. At the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, she won the Palme d'Or for her film Titane, which made her the second female director to win the award as well as the first to win the award solo. Her films typically fall under the body horror genre.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 18, 1983 (42)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 13% in 30 days

What are Julia Ducournau's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3

Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

A split, not a type: Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 3

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
3
Bittersweet
3
Absurd
2
Contemplative
1
Other
1

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Julia Ducournau's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Apple TV (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Julia Ducournau's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

11 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Alpha(2025)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • The New Look(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
  • Titane(2021)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Servant(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
  • French Frights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Corporate(2017)

    Script Consultant

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Raw(2016)

    Director · Dialogue · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • A Taste of Ink (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Script Consultant

  • Mange(2012)

    Director · Writer · as Cousine à Moustache

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Junior(2011)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Untitled Julia Ducournau & A24 Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 2011 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 12: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting9 of 12: 3 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndWriting8 of 12: 2 only writing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rd

12 titles, 6 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

2010s8 · 2 acting · 7 crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

3 major awards from 11 major nominations, 2011–2025.

WinNomination
  1. 2025
    • Cannes award, nominated ×2
  2. 2022
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Director
  3. 2021
    • Cannes award, won
    • Cannes award, nominated
  4. 2016
    • Cannes award, won · Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week
    • Cannes award, nominated ×3
  5. 2011
    • Cannes award, won
    • Cannes award, nominated

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Julia Ducournau's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 8 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Mixed2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 82/100 and the pacing 43/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Julia Ducournau's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 93 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 75 · intenseMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 74 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 67 · intenseMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 91 · severeMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Julia Ducournau work with?

People who share at least 2 of Julia Ducournau's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Garance Marillier shares the most, 4.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers