Biography

Christophe Ruggia (born 7 January 1965) is a French film director and screenwriter. Christophe Ruggia is a graduate of the Free Conservatory of French Cinema (Conservatoire libre du cinéma français), and laureate of the Fondation Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet in 1993.

In 1991, he conceived and produced a short film as part of a campaign against HIV/AIDS in the West Indies entitled, Sovè l'anmou. After L'Enfance Égarée (1993), a short film released in theaters in the program Four Urban Legends, he directed his first feature, Le Gone du Chaâba (1997), that was nominated at the César Awards. He directed two other feature films, Les Diables (2002) and Dans la tormente (2011).Ruggia became known for his numerous activist commitments, and, according to Libération, he was several times co-president or vice-president between 2003 and June 2019 of the Société des réalisateurs de films (SRF, "Society of Film Directors"), as well as co-chair for the period 2014-2015.