Guillaume Nicloux

Guillaume Nicloux
Guillaume Nicloux in 2014
Born	(1966-08-03) 3 August 1966 (age 50) France
Occupation	Director

Guillaume Nicloux (born 3 August 1966) is a French novelist, director and actor. He is the founder of the theatre company La Troupe. He has written crime fiction and directed films for cinema and French television.

He won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival for The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq, a comedic interpretation of a rumoured abduction of the writer Michel Houellebecq, starring Houellebecq as himself.

His 2015 film Valley of Love was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.