Abdellatif Kechiche
Tunisian-French film director
Abdellatif Kechiche (French: [abdɛlatif keʃiʃ]; Arabic: عبد اللطيف كشيش, born 7 December 1960), also known as Abdel Kechiche, is a Tunisian-French filmmaker and former actor. Known for his naturalistic style, his films usually explore the Arabic immigrant communities in contemporary France.
He has won several César Awards, including Best Film for Games of Love and Chance (2003) and The Secret of the Grain (2007), and the Palme d'Or for his erotic-romance film Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013) at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
Early life
Born in Tunis, Tunisia, Kechiche emigrated with his parents to Nice, France when he was six years old. Passionate about theater, he took drama classes at the Antibes Conservatory. He performed several shows on the Cote d’Azur, most notably a play by Federico Garcia Lorca in 1978 and a play by Eduardo Manet the following year. He was equally dedicated to directing as he was to performing in theater; he presented The Architect at the Avignon Festival in 1981.
Career
In film, his first acting role was in Abdelkrim Bahioul's Mint Tea, where he played a young Algerian immigrant who moved to Paris to make his fortune.
André Téchiné hired him in 1987 in The Innocents where he played a gigolo alongside Sandrine Bonnaire and Jean-Claude Brialy. Thanks to Nouri Bouzid’s film Bezness, he won the best male actor award at the Namur Festival in 1992.
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