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Abdellatif Kechiche (French:[abdɛlatifkeʃiʃ]; Arabic: عبد اللطيف كشيش, born 7 December ), also known as Abdel Kechiche, is a Tunisian-French film director, screenwriter and actor. He made his directorial debut in with La Faute à Voltaire, which he also wrote.

Known for his naturalistic style, he has been awarded several times at the César Awards and won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival for his film Blue Is the Warmest Colour.^[1]

Early life

Born in Tunis, Tunisia, Kechiche emigrated with his parents to Nice, France when he was six years old.^[2] 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 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

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.^[3]

André Téchiné hired him in in 'The Innocents where he played a gigolo with 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 ^[4]

That same year he met his companion, Ghalya Lacroix, with whom he would collaborate on writing and editing his future projects.

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As an actor, his introduction to most English-speaking audiences was starring as Ashade the taxi driver in the psychological thrillerSorry, Haters, an "official selection" in both the Toronto International and American Film Institute'sfilm festivals.

He was decorated by the government of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in and in ^[5]

Career as a director

In , he wrote and directed Games of Love and Chance (L’Esquive) with amateur actors and an extremely limited budget.

The film follows a group of high school students from the Parisian suburbs who rehearse a Marivaux play for their French class. The film was an honorable success for an author’s film without known actors; it was hailed by critics as one of the biggest French films of the year The film won four awards at the, 30th César awards in Best film, best director, and best screenplay.

Sara Forestier a lead actress won the César for most promising actress for her role in Games of Love and Chance.

He then directed The Secret of the Grain (La Graine et le mulet) in , which evokes the journey of a worker of Maghrebian origin who wants to establish a restaurant in the port of Sete as an inheritance for his family, but meets French bureaucratic opposition.^[6] He presented The Secret of the Grain at the 64th Mostra del Cinema in Venice for which he was awarded the Special Jury Prize.

The film also received the FIPRESCI Prize, the Louis Delluc Prize and the César Awards for Best Film and Best Director.^[7]

Kechiche’s next film was selected at the Venice Film Festival , titled Black Venus (Vénus Noire) in reference to the “Vénus Hottentote” (Saartjie Baartman).

Filmographie abdellatif kechiche biography Abdellatif Kechiche (French: [abdɛlatif keʃiʃ]; Arabic: عبد اللطيف كشيش, born 7 December ), also known as Abdel Kechiche, is a Tunisian-French film director, screenwriter and actor. He made his directorial debut in with La Faute à Voltaire, which he also wrote.

The film follows the life of Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman from the early 19th century who was exhibited in Europe for her voluptuous figure and objectified by European women. The film’s critical reception was positive, despite only receiving one nomination at the César Awards in ^[8]

His film Blue Is the Warmest Colour won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.^[9][10][11] Several days later, a controversy erupted about Kechiche's work methods; technicians on the film accused him of harassment, unpaid overtime and violations of labour laws.^[12] The two main actresses, Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos, who were also awarded the Palme d'Or, had complained about Kechiche's behavior during the shooting but later, in an extensive interview, claimed that although he was difficult to work with it had been worth it, as he was a great filmmaker.^[13] The film also won Best International Independent Film at the British Independent Film Awards in ^[14]

Allegation of sexual assault

In October , Kechiche was accused of sexual assault by an actress, whose name was withheld from official reports.^[15] French prosecutors later dropped the probe, citing insufficient evidence.^[16]

Filmography

Filmmaker

As Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
	Un balcon sur les Andes	Credited as Abdel Kechiche
	Le Thé à la menthe		Hamou
	Les Innocents		Saïd
	Bezness		Roufa
	Un vampire au paradis		Blondin
	Marteau rouge
	The Magic Box	Raouf
	Sorry, Haters	Ashade Mouhana

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