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Ruben Alves
Alves in 2020
Born	(1980-01-09) 9 January 1980 (age 44) Paris, France
Occupations	Actor screenwriter director
Years active	2000–present

Ruben Alves (born 9 January 1980) is a French-Portuguese actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for The Gilded Cage which he wrote and directed.

Biography

Alves was born the son of Portuguese guest workers in Paris. At 20, he became a full-time actor and initially played minor roles in French television productions and in some short films.

His directorial debut, apart from a short film in 2002 'À l'abri des regards indiscrets', was in 2013 with the immigrant comedy La cage dorée. The film was inspired by his parents' biography, and Alves has a small guest role in the film as 'Miguel'. The movie has been a great success in France and Portugal, and has also been followed by a number of other countries, including Australia. In Portugal, it became in 2013 the most watched film of the year, with 755 000 viewings. In Germany he came as Portugal, mon amour in the cinemas. The film had 1.2m spectators in France and sold well internationally.

Alves played in 2014 in Yves Saint Laurent, a biopic about the life of the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

In 2017, he directed a documentary As Vozes do Fado (or "The Voices of Fado") with Christophe Fonseca, screened at the Le Lincoln Cinema, Paris. A CD "Amália: Vozes do Fado" was released later, a homage to Amália Rodrigues, a Fado singer.

In 2018, he started working on an upcoming comedy called Miss, by producer-director Hugo Gelin with co-star model Alex Wetter as a young man who sets his heart on winning the Miss France contest.

Personal life

In 2017, he currently lives in Bairro Alto, Lisbon, where he used to take holidays when living in Paris.

Filmography

Film

TV

Director

References

1. Hawker, Philippa (10 December 2013). "Double life inspires comedy gold in French film The Gilded Cage". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
2. ^ Interview mit Regisseur Ruben Alves, 24 December 2013 on the Website The Adelaide Review, retrieved 18 October 2015.
3. "Ruben Alves". www.lagenda.net. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
4. António Quinta (2 January 2014). "Balanço do Box Office 2013 - Portugal e cinema português". CineMAX (in Portuguese). RTP. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
5. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (8 February 2019). "Other Angle boards Ruben Alves' comedy 'Miss' (exclusive)". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
6. "SIC Notícias, Rúben Alves participa no filme biográfico sobre Yves Saint Laurent". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 17 June 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
7. Lodge, Guy (10 February 2014). "Berlin Film Review: 'Yves Saint Laurent'". Variety. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
8. ^ ""As Vozes do Fado": Documentário de Rubem Alves e Christophe Fonseca na Semana dos Cinemas Estrangeiros em Paris". PortugalMag (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
9. "AS VOZES DO FADO, ESTREIA DO FILME DE RUBEN ALVES E CHRISTOPHE FONSECA". culturadeborla.blogs.sapo.pt. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
10. "Amália – As Vozes do Fado - Discos". Antena1 - RTP (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
11. Elvidge, Chris (29 March 2017). "Mr Ruben Alves". This Week I'm Wearing, The Journal, Issue 313, 29 March 2017, MR PORTER. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
12. "Hugo Gélin and Ruben Alves talk about "Two is a family"". Retrieved 13 February 2019.

External links

• Ruben Alves at IMDb

• 1980 births
• 21st-century French male actors
• 21st-century French screenwriters
• 21st-century Portuguese male actors
• Film directors from Paris
• French male film actors
• French male screenwriters
• French male television actors
• French people of Portuguese descent
• Living people
• Male actors from Paris
• Portuguese film directors
• Portuguese male film actors
• Portuguese male television actors
• Portuguese screenwriters