Merzak Allouache
Directing
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.
Filmography 37
Movies (35)
Front Row2026Directing
The Family2024Directing
Le Passeur immobile2021Self
Des femmes2020Directing
Autumn Landscapes2019Directing
Planet Malek2019Self -Director
Divine Wind2018Directing
Investigating Paradise2018Directing
My Story Is Not Yet Written2017Self- Madame Courage2015Directing
The Rooftops2013Directing
The Repentant2013Directing
Tata Bakhta2012Directing
Bay of Algiers2012Directing
Normal!2012Directing
Harragas2009Directing
Bab El Web2005Directing
Chouchou2003Directing
The Other World2001Directing
À bicyclette2001Directing
La soledad del manager1999Directing- Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir1998Directing
Love Reinvented1997Directing
Salut cousin !1996Directing
Lumière & Company1995Directing
Bab El Oued City1994Directing
Women on the Move1990Directing- After October1989Directing
A Parisian Love Story1987Directing
The Man Who Was Looking at the Windows1985Directing
Shows (2)
Love Reinvented1996Directing
Ciné regards1978Self