Nicolas Pariser

Pariser was born in Paris to dentist parents, and was raised in Chartres. He attended Lycée Marceau before studying law, philosophy, art history, and film at Sorbonne University. During his studies, he attended a film course taught by Éric Rohmer at the Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie.

Pariser worked as a film critic at a magazine before becoming a production assistant at Pathé. He also worked as director Pierre Rissient's assistant for four years. He wrote and directed his first short film, Le Jour où Ségolène a gagné, in 2008. His second short film, La République, won the Prix Jean Vigo in 2010.

His debut feature film, The Great Game, won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film in 2015. His second and third feature films, Alice and the Mayor and Le Parfum vert, were screened in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2019 and 2022 Cannes Film Festival, respectively. His fourth feature film, A Bit Before Midnight, premiered in the main competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in September 2026.

Feature films

Short films

Television