Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Filmography
1970 U.S. of Africa (short)
1974 Who’s Who (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1978 Je veux mourir dans la Patrie de Jean-Paul Sartre
(short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1985 Des Terroristes à la Retraite (documentary; also
screenwriter)
1999 A Murder in Abidjan (documentary)
Television Filmography
1981 Un Goût de Tokyo (documentary; also screenwriter,
producer)
1983 12 Millions de Tokyo (documentary; also screenwriter)
1984 L’Empire des Hommes (documentary; also
screenwriter)
1991 Mémoires d’EX–Suicide au Comité central (documentary;
also screenwriter)
Mémoires d’EX–Du Passé faisons Table rase
(documentary; also screenwriter)
Mémoires d’EX–Debout les Damnés (documentary;
also screenwriter)
1997 Philadelphia: Fusillade de Mole Street (documentary)
2006 Berlusconi, Affaire Mondadori (documentary;
also screenwriter, cinematographer, editor)
2007 Un Corps sans Vie de 19 Ans (documentary;
also screenwriter, cinematographer, editor)
2008 Roubaix, Commissariat central, Affaires courantes
(documentary; also screenwriter, cinematographer,
editor)
BOUCHAALA, AHMED (June 19, 1956, Algeria–)
He arrived in France at age six and settled in Paris
in 1979 intending to become an actor. From 1984
to 1986, he was an assistant director or a freelance
production manager on video clips, commercials, and
feature fi lms (1986 Mauvais Sang, Leos Carax). In
1990, he founded a production company, Route 66,
and produced shorts and commercials. Other credit
(as fi rst assistant director): 2005 La vida perra de Juanita
Narboni (Farida Belyazid; Morocco / Spain).
Filmography
1983 C’est la Haine (short)
1984 Johnny (short)
1995 Krim (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
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2001 Origine contrôlée / USA: Made in France (codirector
with Zakia Tahri; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
Television Filmography
2006 Pour l’Amour de Dieu (co-director with Zakia
Tahri; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
2008 Belleville Tour (co-director with Zakia Tahri)
BOUCHAREB, RACHID (September 1, 1953,
Paris, France–)
Of Algerian descent, he graduated with a diploma in
audiovisual studies and worked for six years as an
assistant director for French TV. He directed his fi rst
feature fi lm in 1984. Four years later, he co-founded
with Jean Bréhat a production company, 3B, which
fi nanced the movies he directed and about twenty
other fi lms (from 1992 Faut-il aimer Mathilde?, Edwin
Baily, to 2008 Niloofar, Sabine El Gemayel).
Filmography
1976 La Pièce (short; also screenwriter)
1977 La Chute (short; also screenwriter)
1978 Le Banc (short; also screenwriter)
1983 Peut-être la Mer (short; also screenwriter)
1985 Bâton Rouge (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1991 Cheb (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, codialogist,
delegate producer)
1995 Poussières de Vie / Bui doi / Himmel ohne Sonne
/ Die Kinder von Saigon (also screenwriter; delegate
producer; shot in 1993–1994)
2001 Little Sénégal (also co-screenwriter, codialogist,
delegate producer; Algeria / France
/ Senegal)
2004 Le Vilain petit Poussin (short; also screenwriter,
delegate producer)
2005 L’Ami y’a bon / USA: The Colonial Friend (animated
short; also screenwriter, delegate producer;
Germany / France)
2006 Indigènes / USA: Days of Glory (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist, delegate producer; Algeria
/ France / Morocco / Belgium)
2009 London River (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Television Filmography
1992 Déposez Armes
1993 Des Années déchirées
1998 L’Honneur de ma Famille (also co-screenwriter)