Mehdi Charef

Mehdi Charef
Born	October 21, 1952 (1952-10-21) (age 59) Maghnia, Algeria
Occupation	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1985 - Present

Mehdi Charef (born 21 October 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian descent.^[1] He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His film Le thé au harem d'Archimède was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] Seven years later, his film Au pays des Juliets competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 festival.^[3]

Filmography

• Le thé au harem d'Archimède (1985)
• Miss Mona (1987)
• Camomille (1988)
• Au pays des Juliets (1992)
• Aime-toi toujours (1995)
• Pigeon volé (1996)
• La maison d'Alexina (1999)
• Marie-Line (2000)
• La fille de Keltoum (2001)
• All the Invisible Children (2005)
• Cartouches Gauloises (2007)

References

1. ^ http://www.premiere.fr/Star/Mehdi-Charef
2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Tea in the Harem". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1056/year/1985.html. Retrieved 2009-06-30. 
3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: In the Country of Juliets". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2/year/1992.html. Retrieved 2009-08-13. 

External links

• Mehdi Charef at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Charef, Mehdi
Alternative names
Short description	Film director, Screenwriter
Date of birth	1952-10-21
Place of birth	Marnia, Oran, France (now Algeria)
Date of death
Place of death