| Abdellatif Kechiche |
| Born | (1960-12-07) 7 December 1960 (age 52)
Tunis, Tunisia |
| Occupation | Actor, film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1982-present |
Abdellatif Kechiche (Arabic: عبد اللطيف كشيش, born 7 December 1960) is a Tunisian-French actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with La Faute à Voltaire (Blame it on Voltaire), aka Poetical Refugee, which he also wrote. He also directed Games of Love and Chance, which won a César Award for Best Film and Best Director. 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 FIPRESCI Prize, such as later the Louis Delluc Prize and others César Awards for Best Film and Best Director.
Born in Tunis, he moved with his parents to Nice at the age of six.
As an actor, his introduction to most English-speaking audiences was starring as Ashade the taxi driver in the 2005 psychological thriller Sorry, Haters, an "official selection" in both the Toronto and American Film Institute's film festivals.
His 2013 film Blue Is the Warmest Colour won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival[1][2][3]
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| Persondata |
| Name | Kechiche, Abdel |
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| Short description | Film director |
| Date of birth | 7 December 1960 |
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