Merzak Allouache
Directing
1944-10-06 · 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.
Filmography
Front Row
2026 · Movie
The Family
2024 · Movie
Le Passeur immobile
2021 · Movie
Des femmes
2020 · Movie
Autumn Landscapes
2019 · Movie
Planet Malek
2019 · Movie
Divine Wind
2018 · Movie
Investigating Paradise
2018 · Movie
My Story Is Not Yet Written
2017 · Movie
Madame Courage
2015 · Movie
The Rooftops
2013 · Movie
The Repentant
2013 · Movie
Tata Bakhta
2012 · Movie
Bay of Algiers
2012 · Movie
Normal!
2012 · Movie
Harragas
2009 · Movie
Bab El Web
2005 · Movie
Chouchou
2003 · Movie
The Other World
2001 · Movie
À bicyclette
2001 · Movie
La soledad del manager
1999 · Movie
Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir
1998 · Movie
Love Reinvented
1997 · Movie
Love Reinvented
1996 · Series
Salut cousin !
1996 · Movie
Lumière & Company
1995 · Movie
Bab El Oued City
1994 · Movie
Women on the Move
1990 · Movie
After October
1989 · Movie
A Parisian Love Story
1987 · Movie
The Man Who Watched Windows
1985 · Movie
Cinématon XIII
1981 · Movie
The Adventures of a Hero
1979 · Movie
Ciné regards
1978 · Series
Omar Gatlato
1976 · Movie
Wind from the South
1975 · Movie
Intimate Thought
1967 · Movie
The Thief
1967 · Movie