Merzak Allouache
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Merzak Allouache is an Algerian film director
and screenwriter
. He has directed 16 films since 1976
. His 1996 film
Salut cousin! was submitted to the 69th Academy Awards
in the category for Best Foreign Language Film
.
He was born in Algiers
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. He has directed 16 films since 1976
1976 in film
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. His 1996 film
1996 in film
Major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...
Salut cousin! was submitted to the 69th Academy Awards
Submissions for the 69th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The following 39 films, all from different countries, were submitted for the 69th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
in the category for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
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He was born in Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
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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 CityBab El-Oued CityBab El-Oued City is a 1994 Algerian drama film directed by Merzak Allouache. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Award.-Cast:* Nadia Kaci - Yamina* Mohamed Ourdache - Said...
(1994) - Lumière et compagnieLumière and CompanyLumière and Company was a collaboration between 41 international film directors in which each made a short film using the original Cinématographe camera invented by the Lumière brothers....
(1995) - Dans la décapotable (1996)
- Salut cousin! (1996)
- Alger-Beyrouth: Pour mémoire (1998) (TV)
- À bicyclette (2001) (TV)
- Autre monde, L' (2001)
- ChouchouChouchou (film)Chouchou is a 2003 French comedy film about a maghrebin transvestite who settles in Paris to find his nephew. The film stars Gad Elmaleh as the title character Chouchou, for which he was nominated the César Award for Best Actor.-Cast:...
(2003) - Bab el web (2005)
- Tamanrasset (2008) (TV)
- Harragas (2009)