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 cinemat…
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Filmography
Acting (4)
Crew (47)
Movies (46)
Front Row
2026Director
Front Row
2026Editor
Front Row
2026Producer
Front Row
2026Writer
The Family
2024Director
The Family
2024Writer
Des femmes
2020Director
Autumn Landscapes
2019Director
Autumn Landscapes
2019Writer
Investigating Paradise
2018Director
Divine Wind
2018Director
Madame Courage
2015Director
The Rooftops
2013Director
The Rooftops
2013Producer
The Rooftops
2013Scenario Writer
The Repentant
2013Director
The Repentant
2013Writer
Tata Bakhta
2012Director
Normal!
2012Director
Bay of Algiers
2012Director
Harragas
2009Writer
Bab El Web
2005Director
Bab El Web
2005Writer
Chouchou
2003Director
Chouchou
2003Scenario Writer
The Other World
2001Director
À bicyclette
2001Director
À bicyclette
2001Scenario Writer
La soledad del manager
1999Director
Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir
1998Director
Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir
1998Writer
Love Reinvented
1997Director
Salut cousin !
1996Director
Salut cousin !
1996Writer
Lumière & Company
1995Director
Bab El Oued City
1994Director
Women on the Move
1990Director
After October
1989Director
A Parisian Love Story
1987Director
The Man Who Was Looking at the Windows
1985Director
The Adventures of a Hero
1979Director
The Adventures of a Hero
1979Writer
Omar Gatlato
1976Director
Wind from the South
1975Assistant Director
Intimate Thought
1967Director
The Thief
1967Director
Television (1)
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