Merzak Allouache
Algerian film director and screenwriter · Algeria · On the map · Directors · Born 1944 · age 82
Merzak Allouache 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.
Merzak Allouache is read about 30 times a day, in 14 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 117 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Front RowFilm, Director, Writer2021
Le Passeur immobileFilm2019
Autumn LandscapesFilm, Director, Writer2017
My Story Is Not Yet WrittenFilm2013
The RepentantFilm, Director, Writer2009
HarragasFilm, Director, Writer2003
ChouchouFilm, Director1998Algiers-Beirut: A SouvenirFilm, Director, Writer1996
Love ReinventedSeries, Director
Salut cousin !Film, 1996Director, Writer1994
Bab El Oued CityFilm, Director, Writer1989After OctoberFilm, Director1985
The Man Who Watched WindowsFilm, Director1979
The Adventures of a HeroFilm, Director, Writer1978
Ciné regardsSeries1967Intimate ThoughtFilm, Director1944Born6 October 1944People around Merzak
Close ties
Gad Elmaleh Merzak directed Hi Cousin! and Chouchou- Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir Merzak directed Mughamarat batal (1978)
- Fabienne Servan-Schreiber Produced Lumière & Company (1995)
Nadia Kaci Merzak directed Bab El-Oued City (1995)
Catherine Wilkening Merzak directed Un amour à Paris (1988)
Jean Benguigui Merzak directed Hi Cousin! (1996)- Cheik Doukouré Merzak directed Hi Cousin! (1996)
Samy Naceri Merzak directed Bab el web (2005)
Alain Chabat Merzak directed Chouchou (2003)
Micheline Presle Merzak directed Chouchou (2003)
Catherine Frot Merzak directed Chouchou (2003)
Claude Brasseur Merzak directed Chouchou (2003)
Roschdy Zem Merzak directed Chouchou (2003)
Denis Lavant Merzak directed Tamanrasset (2008)
Juliet Berto Merzak directed Un amour à Paris (1988)
Faudel Merzak directed Bab el web (2005)
Bruno Todeschini Merzak directed À bicyclette (2001)
Anne Marivin Merzak directed Chouchou (2003)
Isabelle Weingarten Merzak directed Un amour à Paris (1988)
Booder Merzak directed Bab el web (2005)
Élise Tielrooy Merzak directed À bicyclette (2001)
Jacques Sereys Merzak directed Chouchou (2003)
Abdelkader Chaou Merzak directed Omar Gatlato (1976)
Jean-Paul Comart Merzak directed Chouchou (2003)
Filmography 35
63 credits on file
Television 2
Media & music
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About this person
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.
