Merzak Allouache
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-10-06 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Alger, Algérie
Merzak Allouache
Biography
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.
Acting
(2021)
Le Passeur immobile
as Self
(2019)
Planet Malek
as Self -Director
(2017)
My Story Is Not Yet Written
as Self
(1981)
Cinématon XIII
as N°128
Crew
(2024)
Front Row
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
(2020)
Des femmes
Director
(2019)
Autumn Landscapes
Director, Writer
(2018)
Investigating Paradise
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(2018)
Divine Wind
Director, Writer
(2015)
Madame Courage
Director
(2013)
The Repentant
Director, Writer
(2013)
The Rooftops
Director, Scenario Writer, Producer
(2012)
Bay of Algiers
Director, Writer
(2012)
Tata Bakhta
Director
(2012)
Normal!
Director
(2010)
Harragas
Writer, Director
(2005)
Bab El Web
Director, Writer
(2003)
Chouchou
Director, Scenario Writer
(2001)
The Other World
Director
(2001)
À bicyclette
Director, Scenario Writer
(1999)
La soledad del manager
Director
(1998)
Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir
Director
(1997)
Love Reinvented
Director
(1996)
Salut cousin !
Director, Writer
(1995)
Lumière & Company
Director
(1994)
Bab El Oued City
Writer, Director
(1990)
Women on the Move
Director
(1989)
After October
Director
(1987)
A Parisian Love Story
Director
(1985)
(1979)
The Adventures of a Hero
Writer, Director
(1976)
Omar Gatlato
Director, Screenplay
(1975)
Wind from the South
Assistant Director
(1967)
The Thief
Director
(1967)
Intimate Thought
Director