Directing
Merzak Allouache
AR, FR, XX, EN cinema · 36 credits
Born
6 October 1944 (age 82)
Birthplace
Alger, Algérie
Also known as Abderrazak Allouache · مرزاق علواش
Merzak Allouache (born 6 October 1944) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. His 1976 film Omar Gatlato was later entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. His 1996 Salut cousin! was submitted to the 69th Academy Awards in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. He is one of the most influential Algerian filmmakers, considered by some to be the most important. He is the only Algerian filmmaker who devoted most, if not all, of his cinematic work to his native country.
Known for
Filmography
Front Row
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
The Family
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Des femmes
Director
Planet Malek
as Self -Director
Autumn Landscapes
Writer, Director
Investigating Paradise
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Divine Wind
Director, Writer
مدام كوراج
2015
Madame Courage
Director, Writer, Producer
The Repentant
Writer, Director
The Rooftops
Director, Producer, Writer
Bay of Algiers
Director, Writer
Tata Bakhta
Director
Normal!
Director
Harragas
Director, Writer
Bab El Web
Director, Writer
Chouchou
Scenario Writer, Director
The Other World
Director
À bicyclette
Director, Scenario Writer
Love Reinvented
Director
Salut cousin !
Director, Writer
Lumière & Company
Director
Bab El Oued City
Director, Writer
The Adventures of a Hero
Writer, Director
Omar Gatlato
Screenplay, Director
Wind from the South
Assistant Director