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.
Wind from the South
(Assistant Director)
The Adventures of a Hero
(Writer)
Autumn Landscapes
(Writer)
Autumn Landscapes
(Director)
Des femmes
(Director)
Salut cousin !
(Director)
Chouchou
(Scenario Writer)
Chouchou
(Director)
Bab El Web
(Director)
Harragas
(Director)
Harragas
(Writer)
Bay of Algiers
(Director)
Bay of Algiers
(Writer)
The Repentant
(Writer)
The Repentant
(Director)
Omar Gatlato
(Screenplay)
Omar Gatlato
(Director)
Tata Bakhta
(Director)
The Rooftops
(Director)
Bab El Oued City
(Director)
Bab El Oued City
(Writer)
Love Reinvented
(Director)
La soledad del manager
(Director)
Lumière & Company
(Director)
The Other World
(Director)
Women on the Move
(Director)
After October
(Director)
A Parisian Love Story
(Director)
Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir
(Director)
The Adventures of a Hero
(Director)
The Man Who Was Looking at the Windows
(Director)
Intimate Thought
(Director)
The Thief
(Director)
À bicyclette
(Director)
À bicyclette
(Scenario Writer)
The Rooftops
(Scenario Writer)
The Rooftops
(Producer)
Madame Courage
(Director)
Investigating Paradise
(Director)
Investigating Paradise
(Screenplay)
Investigating Paradise
(Producer)
Divine Wind
(Director)
Front Row
(Director)
Divine Wind
(Writer)
Front Row
(Producer)
Front Row
(Writer)
Front Row
(Editor)
Salut cousin !
(Writer)
Normal!
(Director)
Bab El Web
(Writer)
Love Reinvented
(Director)