Robert Guédiguian is a director, screenwriter and producer of Armenian descent. He was born in Marseille on 3 December 1953. He studied sociology in Paris and then returned to the city of his birth, Marseille; there, since 1980 he has written, produced and directed many of his films,, which have been presented at the most important festivals all over the world. They include Marius and Jeannette, Marie-Jo and her two lovers, The snows of Kilimanjaro, and the latest ones, The house by the sea and Gloria Mundi.