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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-12-07 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Tunis, Tunisia

Abdellatif Kechiche

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Abdellatif Kechiche, born December 7, 1960 in Tunis, Tunisia is an actor, movie director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with La Faute à Voltaire (Blame it on Voltaire), aka Poetical Refugee, which he also wrote. He also directed L'Esquive, which won a César Award for Best Film and Best Director. He has presented recently his last film La Graine et le Mulet on 64th Mostra del Cinema at Venezia for which he was awarded the Special Jury Prize, the FIPRESCI Prize, such as later the Louis Delluc Prize and others César Awards for Best Film and Best Director.

As an actor, his introduction to most English-speaking audiences was starring as Ashade the taxi driver in the 2005 psychological thriller "Sorry, Haters", an "official selection" in both the Toronto and American Film Institute's film festivals.

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Known For

Acting

2005

Sorry, Haters as Ashade

2003

The Magic Box as Raouf as Adult

1997

1992

Bezness as Roufa

1987

The Innocents as Saïd

1984

Mint Tea as Hamou

Directing

2010

Black Venus as Director

2008

Sueur as Director

2007

2003

2001

Poetical Refugee as Director

Writing

2017

2013

2010

Black Venus as Writer

2001

Poetical Refugee as Screenplay

Production