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.

Directed

1. Chouchou (2003) — Director
2. Lumière & Company (1995) — Director
3. Salut cousin ! (1996) — Director
4. Omar Gatlato (1976) — Director
5. Bab El Oued City (1994) — Director
6. Harragas (2009) — Director
7. Bab El Web (2005) — Director
8. The Repentant (2013) — Director
9. Bay of Algiers (2012) — Director
10. The Other World (2001) — Director
11. The Rooftops (2013) — Director
12. Love Reinvented (1997) — Director
13. A Parisian Love Story (1987) — Director
14. Madame Courage (2015) — Director
15. Investigating Paradise (2018) — Director
16. Normal! (2012) — Director
17. Autumn Landscapes (2019) — Director
18. Tata Bakhta (2012) — Director
19. The Adventures of a Hero (1979) — Director
20. The Man Who Was Looking at the Windows (1985) — Director
21. Des femmes (2020) — Director
22. La soledad del manager (1999) — Director
23. Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir (1998) — Director
24. À bicyclette (2001) — Director
25. Front Row (2026) — Director
26. Women on the Move (1990) — Director
27. After October (1989) — Director
28. The Thief (1967) — Director
29. Intimate Thought (1967) — Director
30. Divine Wind (2018) — Director
31. The Family (2024) — Director
32. Love Reinvented (1996) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Planet Malek (2019) — Self -Director
2. My Story Is Not Yet Written (2017) — Self
3. Le Passeur immobile (2021) — Self
4. Cinématon XIII (1981) — N°128
5. Ciné regards (1978) — Self