| Intro | Algerian film director and screenwriter |
| Is |
Film director Screenwriter |
| From |
Algeria France |
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
6 October 1944, Algiers, Algiers Province, Algeria |
| Age | 76 years |
| Star sign | Libra |
Merzak Allouache (born 6 October 1944) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 18 films since 1976. His 1976 film Omar Gatlato was 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.
His 2011 film Normal! won the award for Best Film at the 2011 Doha Tribeca Film Festival. In 2012, his film The Repentant was screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Asian Film at the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala.
He was born in Algiers.
Selected filmography
- Omar Gatlato (1976)
- Mughamarat batal (1979)
- Homme qui regardait les fenêtres, L’ (1986)
- Un amour à Paris (1987)
- Après-Octobre, L’ (1989)
- Bab El-Oued City (1994)
- Lumière et compagnie (1995)
- Dans la décapotable (1996)
- Salut cousin! (1996)
- Alger-Beyrouth: Pour mémoire (1998) (TV)
- À bicyclette (2001) (TV)
- Autre monde, L’ (2001)
- Chouchou (2003)
- Bab el web (2005)
- Tamanrasset (2008) (TV)
- Harragas (2009)
- Normal! (2011)
- The Repentant (2012)
- The Rooftops (2013)
- Madame Courage (2015)