Romain-Pierre Charpentier (born 12 July 1951 in Paris), known professionally as Romain Goupil, is a French filmmaker.

He was a college leader during the May 1968 civil unrest in France and was for a long time a trotskyist militant.

During the 2000s decade he aligned with the positions of the Cercle de l'Oratoire, and supported Emmanuel Macron in 2017.

[2][3] Romain Goupil is a public figure known in France for his political engagement since his teenage years.

He retraced his early engagement in militant groups in his first feature-length film "Mourir à trente ans" using his personal archives and interviews of militant who took part in the event of May 1968.