Michel Dahmani Gatlif - Filmography, Reference

French film-maker, born in Algiers, Algeria. Of Gypsy and Algerian descent, his films are concerned with the situation of both these groups and their relations with mainstream society, such as Les Princes (1982) and Gadjo Dilo (1998), portrayed with unflinching honesty and without sentimentality.

Tony Gatlif (born as Michel Dahmani on September 10, 1948 in Algiers, Algeria) is a French film director who also works as a scriptwriter, actor, and producer. Gatlif struggled for years to break into the film industry, playing in several theatrical productions until directing his first film, La Tête en ruine, in 1975.

His 2004 film Exils, won the Best Director Award at the (2004) Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography

La Tête en ruine (1975) La Terre au ventre (1978) Corre gitano (1981) Canta gitano (1981) Les Princes (1982) Rue du départ (1985) Pleure pas my love (1989) Gaspard et Robinson (1990) Latcho Drom (1992) Mondo (1995) Gadjo Dilo (1997) Je suis né d'une cigogne (1998) Vengo (2000) Swing (2001) Exils (2004) Transylvania (2006)

Reference

This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article from the French Wikipedia, retrieved on July 17, 2005.