Rachid Bouchareb (born September 1, 1953) is a Franco-Algerian film director.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Films 2.1 Longs métrages 2.2 Courts métrages 2.3 Téléfilms 3 External links

[edit] Biography

M. Bouchareb was born near Paris on September 1, 1953. From 1977 to 1983, he worked as an assistant director for France’s state television production company, S.F.P. Subsequetly, he worked for broadcasters TF1 and Antenne 2. He formed a production company called 3B with his associate Jean Bréhat in 1988.

M. Bouchareb began making short films in the 1980s. His featured film debut came in 1985 with Baton Rouge. Since then his acclaimed films have included Dust of Life (which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1995; Little Senegal (which was shown in competition at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival; and Days of Glory, which received the Best Foreign Language Film nomination in 2006 and also won prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. M. Bouchareb's films have a following amongst international cineastes.

[edit] Films

• LA PIECE Kurzfilm (1976)
• LA CHUTE Kurzfilm (1977)
• LE BANC Kurzfilm (1978)
• PEUT-ETRE LA MER Kurzfilm (1983)
• BATON ROUGE (1985)
• RAI TV-Dokumentation (1988)
• CHEB (CHEB – FLUCHT AUS AFRIKA (1991)
• DES ANNEES DECHIREES TV-Dokumentation (1992)
• POUSSIERES DE VIE (DIE KINDER VON SAIGON (1994)
• L’HONNEUR DE MA FAMILLE (1997)
• LITTLE SENEGAL (2000)
• LE VILAIN PETIT POUSSIN (2003)
• Indigènes (2006)
• LONDON RIVER (2009)

[edit] Longs métrages

• Bâton Rouge (1985)
• Cheb (1991)
• Poussières de vies (1994)
• Little Senegal (2001) (Prix du meilleur long métrage au 11 × 10^{{{1}}} Festival du cinéma africain de Milan)
• Indigènes (2006)
• London River (2009)

[edit] Courts métrages

• Le vilain petit poussin (2004)
• L'ami y'a bon (2005)
• Djebel (2007)

[edit] Téléfilms

• Des années déchirées (1992)
• L'honneur de ma famille (1997)

[edit] External links

• (French) La Beurgeoisie The French website for successful "Beurs".