Alexandre Arcady
Appearance
Alexandre Arcady | |
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Born | Algiers, Algeria | 17 March 1947
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
Years active | 1979–present |
Spouse | Diane Kurys |
Children | Alexandre Aja Sacha Sperling |
Alexandre Arcady (born 17 March 1947) is a French actor, film director, producer and screenwriter.[1][2][3]
Life and career
Alexandre Arcady was born in Algiers, Algeria.[2] He emigrated to France at the age of fifteen.[2] His son is filmmaker Alexandre Aja.[2]
He has expressed his surprise at the "lack of leadership" of Israel during the Arab Spring, and he called Israel "the most advanced democracy in the Middle East".[4]
Filmography
As an actor
- To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972)
- César and Rosalie (1972)
- Arrête ton cinéma (2016)
As a director
- Le Coup de sirocco (1979)
- Le Grand Pardon (1982)
- Le Grand Carnaval (1983)
- Hold-Up (1985)
- Last Summer in Tangiers (1987)
- L'union sacrée (1989)
- Pour Sacha (1991)
- Day of Atonement (Le Grand Pardon II) (1992)
- Dis-moi oui... (1995)
- K (1997)
- Return to Algiers (2000)
- Break of Dawn (2002)
- Mariage mixte (2004)
- Tu peux garder un secret? (2008)
- Comme les cinq doigts de la main (2010)
- What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
- 24 Days (2014)
- Le Petit Blond de la Casbah (2023)
As a producer
- Last Summer in Tangiers (1987)
- L'union sacrée (1989)
- C'est la vie (1990)
- Le Grand Pardon II (1992)
- À la folie (1994)
- Dis-moi oui... (1995)
- Furia (1999)
- Return to Algiers (2000)
- Break of Dawn (2002)
- High Tension (2003)
- Mariage mixte (2004)
- L'anniversaire (2005)
- Tu peux garder un secret? (2008)
- Comme les cinq doigts de la main (2010)
- Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (2012)
- 24 Days (2014)
- Arrête ton cinéma (2016)