Merzak Allouache

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Merzak Allouache

Directing 81 October 6, 1944

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…

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Chouchou

Chouchou

5.3 2003 Movie
Ciné regards

Ciné regards

5.0 1978 TV Show
Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company

6.3 1995 Movie
Love Reinvented

Love Reinvented

1996 TV Show
Salut cousin !

Salut cousin !

4.5 1996 Movie
Wind from the South

Wind from the South

10.0 1975 Movie
Omar Gatlato

Omar Gatlato

6.5 1976 Movie
Bab El Oued City

Bab El Oued City

6.2 1994 Movie
Harragas

Harragas

7.3 2009 Movie
Bay of Algiers

Bay of Algiers

3.4 2012 Movie
Front Row

Front Row

6.0 2026 Movie
The Family

The Family

2024 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Front Row

    Movie Director

  2. 2024
    The Family

    Movie Director

  3. 2021
    Le Passeur immobile

    Movie Self

  4. 2020
    Des femmes

    Movie Director

  5. 2019
    Autumn Landscapes

    Movie Writer

  6. 2019
    Planet Malek

    Movie Self -Director

  7. 2018
    Divine Wind

    Movie Director

  8. 2018
    Investigating Paradise

    Movie Director

  9. 2017
    My Story Is Not Yet Written

    Movie Self

  10. 2015
    Madame Courage

    Movie Director

  11. 2013
    The Rooftops

    Movie Director

  12. 2013
    The Repentant

    Movie Writer

  13. 2012
    Tata Bakhta

    Movie Director

  14. 2012
    Bay of Algiers

    Movie Director

  15. 2012
    Normal!

    Movie Director

  16. 2009
    Harragas

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2005
    Bab El Web

    Movie Director

  2. 2003
    Chouchou

    Movie Scenario Writer

  3. 2001
    The Other World

    Movie Director

  4. 2001
    À bicyclette

    Movie Director

  5. 1999
    La soledad del manager

    Movie Director

  6. 1998
    Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir

    Movie Director

  7. 1997
    Love Reinvented

    Movie Director

  8. 1996
    Love Reinvented

    TV show Director

  9. 1996
    Salut cousin !

    Movie Director

  10. 1995
    Lumière & Company

    Movie Director

  11. 1994
    Bab El Oued City

    Movie Director

  12. 1990
    Women on the Move

    Movie Director

  13. 1989
    After October

    Movie Director

  14. 1987
    A Parisian Love Story

    Movie Director

  15. 1985
    The Man Who Watched Windows

    Movie Director

  16. 1981
    Cinématon XIII

    Movie N°128

  17. 1979
    The Adventures of a Hero

    Movie Writer

  18. 1978
    Ciné regards

    TV show Self

  19. 1976
    Omar Gatlato

    Movie Screenplay

  20. 1975
    Wind from the South

    Movie Assistant Director

  21. 1967
    Intimate Thought

    Movie Director

  22. 1967
    The Thief

    Movie Director