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Léa Mysius

Léa Mysius

Writer and director · Born April 4, 1989 (37) · Bordeaux, France

Oscar nominee · 1 other major award body

Léa Mysius (born 4 April 1989) is a French film director and screenwriter. In 2017, she made her feature directorial debut with the film Ava, which premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival where it won the SACD Award. Her second feature film, The Five Devils, was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. As a screenwriter, Mysius has also collaborated with Arnaud Desplechin on Ismael's Ghosts (2017) and Oh Mercy! (2019), Jacques Audiard on Paris, 13th District (2021), and Claire Denis on Stars at Noon (2022).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 4, 1989 (37)
From
Bordeaux, France
Works as
Writer and director
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Up 28% in 30 days

What are Léa Mysius' films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
36%
Bonds
25%
Morality
17%
Survival
16%
Power
3%
Society
2%
Identity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Contemplative
5
Melancholic
5
Bittersweet
3
Dread
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Thought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

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 Léa Mysius' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Léa Mysius' 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

25 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Birthday Party(2026)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Langue Étrangère(2024)

    Co-Writer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Somewhere in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Producer

  • Emilia Pérez(2024)

    Co-Writer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Eat the Night(2024)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Stars at Noon(2022)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Everybody Loves Jeanne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Claudia (jeune)

  • The Five Devils(2022)

    Director · Dialogue · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Girls Feels: Into the Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Paris, 13th District(2021)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Oh Mercy!(2019)

    Dialogue · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Ghost Pleasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Associate Producer

  • Farewell to the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Dialogue · Writer

  • Samouni Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Screenplay

  • Gueule d'Isère (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Associate Producer

  • Ava(2017)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Ismael's Ghosts(2017)

    Scenario Writer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Yellow Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Bison 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Screenplay

  • Thunderbirds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Screenplay

  • One in a Million (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Writer

  • L'éblouie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Screenplay

  • Fin d'automne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Screenplay

  • Exquisite Corpse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Writer

  • Ce qui nous échappe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 25 titles from 2013 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Emilia Pérez (2024)

$16M worldwide

Highest rated

Paris, 13th District (2021)

Midcredits 81st

Most popular right now

Emilia Pérez (2024)

Film career

  • 2022Screen debut· Everybody Loves Jeanne

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 25: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting7 of 25: 1 only directing, 6 with another roleWriting19 of 25: 13 only writing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score52ndProducing3 of 25: 3 only producing, 0 with another roleOther crew1 of 25: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

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

By decade

2010s15 · crew2020s10 · 1 acting · 9 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

1 major award from 8 major nominations, 2014–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • Cannes award, nominated
  2. 2025
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
  3. 2022
    • Cannes award, nominated · Directors' Fortnight
    • Cannes award, nominated
  4. 2017
    • Cannes award, won · Best Feature
    • Cannes award, nominated ×2
  5. 2014
    • 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 Léa Mysius' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 10 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · writer

Emilia Pérez (2024)

70th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Paris, 13th District (2021)

Midcredits 81st · 71% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 42/100 and the plot and story 33/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

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 Léa Mysius' work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 39 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles37–80 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 65 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 56 · moderateMedian of all films: 33

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Léa Mysius work with?

People who share at least 2 of Léa Mysius' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Paul Guilhaume shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers