Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 06, 1944
Place of Birth
Alger, Algérie
Credits
38 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Front Row
Director
The Family
Director
Le Passeur immobile
Self
Des femmes
Director
Autumn Landscapes
Writer
Planet Malek
Self -Director
Divine Wind
Director
Investigating Paradise
Director
My Story Is Not Yet Written
Self
Madame Courage
Director
The Rooftops
Director
The Repentant
Writer
Tata Bakhta
Director
Bay of Algiers
Director
Normal!
Director
Harragas
Director
Bab El Web
Director
Chouchou
Scenario Writer
The Other World
Director
À bicyclette
Director
La soledad del manager
Director
Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir
Director
Love Reinvented
Director
Love Reinvented
Director
Salut cousin !
Director
Lumière & Company
Director
Bab El Oued City
Director
Women on the Move
Director
After October
Director
A Parisian Love Story
Director
The Man Who Watched Windows
Director
Cinématon XIII
N°128
The Adventures of a Hero
Writer
Ciné regards
Self
Omar Gatlato
Screenplay
Wind from the South
Assistant Director
Intimate Thought
Director
The Thief
Director