Tony Gatlif

Tony Gatlif

Infobox Actor


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location = Algiers, Algeria
birthname = Michel Dahmani
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occupation = film director, producer, scriptwriter & actor
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Tony Gatlif (born as Michel Dahmani on September 10, 1948 in Algiers, Algeria) is a French film director of 'Gypsy' ethnicity who also works as a scriptwriter, actor, and producer.

After a childhood in Algiers, Gatlif arrived in France in 1960 following the Algerian War of Independence. 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. He followed it with the 1979 "La Terre au ventre", a story of the Algerian War of Independence.

Since the 1981 "Corre, gitano", Gatlif's work has been focused on the Roma people of Europe, from whom he partially traces his descent.

After making Gaspard et Robinson in 1990, Gatlif spent 1992 and 1993 shooting Latcho Drom which was awarded numerous prizes. This feature-length documentary deals with gypsy culture throughout the world around the theme of their music and dance. For Vincent Ostria, then journalist at the Cahiers du Cinéma, it was "the most genuine film of the year (1993 editor's note)." A year later, Gatlif brought the world of the author Le Clézio to the screen in Mondo (1994).

His 2004 film "Exils", won the Best Director Award at the (2004) Cannes Film Festival. His film "Transylvania" also premiered at Cannes in May 2006.

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)

References

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

External links

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* [http://www.arkepix.com/kinok/Tony%20GATLIF/gatlif_interview.html Interview (in French)]


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