Directed credits
24
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Merzak Allouache
Directing
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Directed movies: 23Directed series: 1All crew credits: 27
TMDB ID: 82307
IMDb ID: nm0021577
Known for: Directing
Born: October 6, 1944
Age: 81
Place of birth: Alger, Algérie
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2026
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 5.75
Wikidata: Q1624921
Also known as
Abderrazak Allouache • مرزاق علواش
Frequent jobs
Director (23)Assistant Director (1)Writer (3)
Biography
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Merzak Allouache.
Apr 22
Front Row
Director
2026 Movie
8.0
Des femmes
Director
2020 Movie
7.5
Autumn Landscapes
Director
2019 Movie
Divine Wind
Director
2018 Movie
6.2
Investigating Paradise
Director
2018 Movie
4.2
The Rooftops
Director
2013 Movie
6.4
The Repentant
Director
2013 Movie
6.5
Tata Bakhta
Director
2012 Movie
3.4
Bay of Algiers
Director
2012 Movie
5.7
Normal!
Director
2012 Movie
5.3
Bab El Web
Director
2005 Movie
5.3
Chouchou
Director
2003 Movie
3.4
The Other World
Director
2001 Movie
À bicyclette
Director
2001 Movie
La soledad del manager
Director
1999 Movie
5.0
Love Reinvented
Director
1997 Movie
4.2
Salut cousin !
Director
1996 Movie
6.2
Lumière & Company
Director
1995 Movie
Women on the Move
Director
1990 Movie
10.0
A Parisian Love Story
Director
1987 Movie
10.0
The Man Who Was Looking at the Windows
Director
1985 Movie
6.3
Omar Gatlato
Director
1976 Movie
10.0
Wind from the South
Assistant Director
1975 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Merzak Allouache.
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5.7
Normal!
Director
2012 Movie
5.3
Chouchou
Director
2003 Movie
6.2
Lumière & Company
Director
1995 Movie
10.0
Planet Malek
as Self -Director
2019 Movie
5.0
Love Reinvented
Director
1997 Movie
10.0
The Adventures of a Hero
Writer
1979 Movie
5.3
Bab El Web
Director
2005 Movie
6.3
Omar Gatlato
Director
1976 Movie
6.4
The Repentant
Director
2013 Movie
4.2
The Rooftops
Director
2013 Movie
3.4
Bay of Algiers
Director
2012 Movie
4.2
Salut cousin !
Director
1996 Movie
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Most Popular Series
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