Tony Gatlif

Reżyseria, Scenariusz, Muzyka, Produkcja, Aktor

10 września 1948 (77 years)
Gatlif was born in Algiers to a Kabyle father and a Romani mother.  After his childhood there, 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 Romani 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 musical film, often mislabelled as a 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 J. M. G. Le Clézio (pen-name) 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.

Known For

  • Gadjo dilo
    Gadjo dilo1998
  • Exils
    Exils2004
  • Latcho Drom
    Latcho Drom1993
  • Vengo
    Vengo2000
  • Transylwania
    Transylwania2006
  • Djam
    Djam2017
  • Wolność
    Wolność2009
  • Swing
    Swing2002
  • Geronimo
    Geronimo2014
  • Z bociana zrodzony
    Z bociana zrodzony1999
  • Tom Medina
    Tom Medina2021
  • Gaspard et Robinson
    Gaspard et Robinson1990
  • Oburzeni
    Oburzeni2012
  • The Princes
    The Princes1983
  • Ange
    Ange2025
  • Wizje Europy
    Wizje Europy2004
  • Nie płacz, my love
    Nie płacz, my love1989
  • La terre au ventre
    La terre au ventre1978
  • La rage au poing
    La rage au poing1975

Filmografia