Ladj Ly

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1978-01-03 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Mali

Ladj Ly

Biography

Ladj Ly (born 19 March 1980 in Paris) is a French film director and screenwriter. He won a Jury Prize in Cannes Film Festival for Les Misérables in 2019. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Ly's parents are from Mali and he grew up in Montfermeil, a district of Bosquets. He started making films with his friends Kim Chapiron, Romain Gavras, and JR, in the collective Kourtrajmé. He directed his first films, notably for Oxmo Puccino, and his first documentaries, 365 jours à Clichy-Montfermeil (365 days in Clichy-Montfermeil), filmed after the 2005 French riots; Go Fast Connexion; and 365 jours au Mali (365 days ...

Acting

2006

Satan

as Ladj

2022

2010

Our Day Will Come

as Jeune noir tchat vidéo

2018

#JR

as Self

2021

Paper & Glue

as Himself

2018

Production

2021

Narvalos

as Producer

2023

Mercy

as Screenplay

2022

Five-O

as Producer

2023

2023

Les Indésirables

as Screenplay

2022

Athena

as Screenplay

2022

Athena

as Producer

2017

2017

Les Misérables

as Director

2024

Hood Witch

as Producer

2017

Speak Up

as Director

2021

Fake News

as Co-Producer

2019

Les Misérables

as Director

2019

2008

2006

2027

2027

2025

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