Merzak Allouache
Film director
1944 –
Who is Merzak Allouache?
Merzak Allouache is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 18 films since 1976. His 1976 film Omar Gatlato was 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 for Best Foreign Language Film.
His 2011 film Normal! won the award for Best Film at the 2011 Doha Tribeca Film Festival. In 2012, his film The Repentant was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Asian Film at the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala.
He was born in Algiers.
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- Born
- Oct 6, 1944
Algiers - Nationality
- Algeria
- Profession
- Lived in
- Algiers
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on July 23, 2013
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