Merzak Allouache
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 6, 1944
- Birthplace
- 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
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
The Family 2024
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Le Passeur immobile 2021
as Self
Des femmes 2020
Director
Autumn Landscapes 2019
Writer, Director
Planet Malek 2019
as Self -Director
Divine Wind 2018
Director, Writer
Investigating Paradise 2018
Director, Screenplay, Producer
My Story Is Not Yet Written 2017
as Self
- Madame Courage
Madame Courage 2015
Director, Writer, Producer
The Rooftops 2013
Director, Producer, Writer
The Repentant 2013
Writer, Director
Tata Bakhta 2012
Director
Bay of Algiers 2012
Director, Writer
Normal! 2012
Director
Harragas 2009
Director, Writer
Bab El Web 2005
Director, Writer
Chouchou 2003
Scenario Writer, Director
The Other World 2001
Director
À bicyclette 2001
Director, Scenario Writer
La soledad del manager 1999
Director
- Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir
Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir 1998
Director, Writer
Love Reinvented 1997
Director
Salut cousin ! 1996
Director, Writer
Lumière & Company 1995
Director
Bab El Oued City 1994
Director, Writer
Women on the Move 1990
Director
- After October
After October 1989
Director
A Parisian Love Story 1987
Director
The Man Who Watched Windows 1985
Director
- Cinématon XIII
Cinématon XIII 1981
as N°128
The Adventures of a Hero 1979
Writer, Director
Omar Gatlato 1976
Screenplay, Director
Wind from the South 1975
Assistant Director
- The Thief
The Thief 1967
Director
- Intimate Thought
Intimate Thought 1967
Director
Credits from TMDB.