Tony Gatlif
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Original Music Composer
Born Sep 10, 1948 · Algiers
Active 1975–present · Awards: Knight of the Legion of Honour, César Award for Best Music Written for a Film, Cannes Best Director Award, Un certain regard Award
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.
Filmography
Marave (2026)Ange (2025) - Director · Screenplay · Producer · Original Music ComposerThe Crazy Stranger (1998) - Director · Screenplay · Original Music ComposerSafe Journey (1993) - Director · WriterI Come (2000) - Screenplay · Director · Executive Producer · ProducerJourney from Greece (2017) - Director · WriterExiles (2004) - Director · Screenplay · Producer · MusicSwing (2002) - Director · Writer · Producer · Music · Original Music ComposerFreedom (2009) - Director · Writer · ProducerGeronimo (2014) - Director · WriterRaging Fists (1975) - Nanar · WriterTransylvania (2006) - Director · Writer · MusicMondo (1995) - Director · WriterChildren of the Stork (1999) - Director · Writer · Original Music ComposerThe Belly of the Earth (1979) - DirectorWinter Song (2015) - Le TruandLes Princes (1983) - Léo · Director · Writer · Original Music ComposerGaspard and Robinson (1990) - Director · WriterLa tête en ruines (1975) - DirectorVisions of Europe (2004) - Director · WriterLucumi, l'enfant rumbeiro de Cuba (1995) - DirectorPleure Pas My Love (1989) - DirectorTom Medina (2021) - Director · Writer · Original Music Composer · ProducerThe Way Out (1986) - Writer · Director