Merzak Allouache
Known for: Directing
Born: October 6, 1944
Place of birth: Alger, Algérie
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.
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Filmography
36 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Front Row
2026
NR
The Family
2024
NR
Le Passeur immobile
2021
8.0
Des femmes
2020
7.5
Autumn Landscapes
2019
10.0
Planet Malek
2019
NR
Divine Wind
2018
6.2
Investigating Paradise
2018
10.0
My Story Is Not Yet Written
20175.7
Madame Courage
2015
4.2
The Rooftops
2013
6.4
The Repentant
2013
6.5
Tata Bakhta
2012
3.4
Bay of Algiers
2012
5.7
Normal!
2012
7.3
Harragas
2009
6.0
Bab El Web
2005
5.3
Chouchou
2003
4.3
The Other World
2001
9.0
À bicyclette
2001
8.0
La soledad del manager
19999.0
Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir
1998
4.3
Love Reinvented
1997
NR
Love Reinvented
1996
4.5
Salut cousin !
1996
6.3
Lumière & Company
1995
6.2
Bab El Oued City
1994
NR
Women on the Move
1990NR
After October
1989
8.0
A Parisian Love Story
1987
9.5
The Man Who Watched Windows
1985NR
Cinématon XIII
1981
10.0
The Adventures of a Hero
1979
5.0
Ciné regards
1978
6.5
Omar Gatlato
1976
10.0
Wind from the South
1975NR
Intimate Thought
1967NR
The Thief
1967