Tony Gatlif

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-09-10 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Algiers

Tony Gatlif

Biography

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...

Acting

1975

Act of Aggression

as Biker in the interrogation

1975

Raging Fists

as Nanar

2002

Lulu

as Fabio

1982

Canta Gitano

as Le premier echappé

2015

Winter Song

as Le Truand

1983

Production

1998

The Crazy Stranger

as Original Music Composer

1998

1998

The Crazy Stranger

as Screenplay

1999

Children of the Stork

as Original Music Composer

1999

2006

Transylvania

as Director

2002

Swing

as Writer

2002

Swing

as Director

2004

1993

Safe Journey

as Director

2000

I Come

as Screenplay

2000

I Come

as Director

2004

Exiles

as Screenplay

2004

Exiles

as Director

2009

Freedom

as Director

1990

2012

The Outraged

as Director

2012

The Outraged

as Executive Producer

1995

Mondo

as Director

2021

Tom Medina

as Director

2014

Geronimo

as Director

1983

Les Princes

as Writer

1983

Les Princes

as Director

2014

Geronimo

as Writer

2004

1982

Canta Gitano

as Director

2021

Tom Medina

as Writer

2021

Tom Medina

as Original Music Composer

2021

Tom Medina

as Producer

1982

Canta Gitano

as Writer

1993

Safe Journey

as Writer

2000

I Come

as Executive Producer

1989

2009

Freedom

as Producer

2009

Freedom

as Writer

2017

1975

Raging Fists

as Writer

2002

Like An Airplane

as Associate Producer

2006

Transylvania

as Writer

1986

The Way Out

as Writer

1982

Corre, gitano

as Writer

1982

Corre, gitano

as Director

1986

The Way Out

as Director

1995

Mondo

as Writer

2017

1979

2000

I Come

as Producer

2002

Swing

as Producer

2002

Swing

as Music

2004

Exiles

as Producer

2004

Exiles

as Music

2006

Transylvania

as Music

1983

Les Princes

as Original Music Composer

2025

Ange

as Director

2025

Ange

as Screenplay

1975

2002

Swing

as Original Music Composer

2025

Ange

as Producer

2025

Ange

as Original Music Composer

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