Tony Gatlif

Tony Gatlif

ActorDirectorComposerProducerWriter Sep 10 (died age 77) Algiers, Algeria 1975–2026 (51 year career)

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Biography

Tony Gatlif—born Boualem Michel Dahmani (Arabic: بوعلام دحماني)—was a French director, screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer, born on September 10, 1948, in Algiers, and who died on September 2, 2026, in Arles. Tony Gatlif was born in the suburbs of Algiers during the French colonial era into a modest family of diverse origins: his father was Kabyle, and his mother was a Gypsy of Andalusian descent. He spent his childhood in a shantytown, living life on the streets interspersed with spora…

Known For

The Crazy Stranger

The Crazy Stranger

Director

Safe Journey

Safe Journey

Director

I Come

I Come

Director

Journey from Greece

Journey from Greece

Director

Exiles

Exiles

Director

Freedom

Freedom

Director

Geronimo

Geronimo

Director

Swing

Swing

Director

Filmography

Acting (10)

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Movies (8)

Marave

Marave

Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp

Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp

as Self

Winter Song

Winter Song

as Le Truand

Lulu

Lulu

as Fabio

Les Princes

Les Princes

as Léo

Canta Gitano

Canta Gitano

as Le premier echappé

Act of Aggression

Act of Aggression

as Biker in the interrogation

Raging Fists

Raging Fists

as Nanar

Television (2)

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Cérémonie des César

Cérémonie des César

as Self - Presenter

Crew (62)

Movies (62)

Ange

Ange

Director

Ange

Ange

Original Music Composer

Ange

Ange

Producer

Ange

Ange

Screenplay

Tom Medina

Tom Medina

Director

Tom Medina

Tom Medina

Original Music Composer

Tom Medina

Tom Medina

Producer

Tom Medina

Tom Medina

Writer

Journey from Greece

Journey from Greece

Director

Journey from Greece

Journey from Greece

Writer

Geronimo

Geronimo

Director

The Outraged

The Outraged

Director

The Outraged

The Outraged

Executive Producer

Time for Outrage!

Time for Outrage!

Director

Freedom

Freedom

Director

Freedom

Freedom

Producer

Freedom

Freedom

Writer

Transylvania

Transylvania

Director

Transylvania

Transylvania

Music

Transylvania

Transylvania

Writer

Exiles

Exiles

Director

Exiles

Exiles

Music

Exiles

Exiles

Producer

Exiles

Exiles

Screenplay

Visions of Europe

Visions of Europe

Director

Visions of Europe

Visions of Europe

Writer

Swing

Swing

Director

Swing

Swing

Music

Swing

Swing

Original Music Composer

Swing

Swing

Producer

Swing

Swing

Writer

Like An Airplane

Like An Airplane

Associate Producer

I Come

I Come

Director

I Come

I Come

Executive Producer

I Come

I Come

Producer

I Come

I Come

Screenplay

Children of the Stork

Children of the Stork

Director

Children of the Stork

Children of the Stork

Original Music Composer

Children of the Stork

Children of the Stork

Writer

The Crazy Stranger

The Crazy Stranger

Director

The Crazy Stranger

The Crazy Stranger

Original Music Composer

The Crazy Stranger

The Crazy Stranger

Screenplay

Lucumi, l'enfant rumbeiro de Cuba

Lucumi, l'enfant rumbeiro de Cuba

Director

Mondo

Mondo

Director

Mondo

Mondo

Writer

Safe Journey

Safe Journey

Director

Safe Journey

Safe Journey

Writer

Gaspard and Robinson

Gaspard and Robinson

Director

Gaspard and Robinson

Gaspard and Robinson

Writer

Pleure Pas My Love

Pleure Pas My Love

Director

The Way Out

The Way Out

Director

The Way Out

The Way Out

Writer

Les Princes

Les Princes

Director

Les Princes

Les Princes

Original Music Composer

Les Princes

Les Princes

Writer

Corre, gitano

Corre, gitano

Director

Corre, gitano

Corre, gitano

Writer

Canta Gitano

Canta Gitano

Director

Canta Gitano

Canta Gitano

Writer

The Belly of the Earth

The Belly of the Earth

Director

La tête en ruines

Director

Raging Fists

Raging Fists

Writer