Alexandre Arcady
Alexandre Arcady | |
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Born | Algiers, Algeria | 17 March 1947
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
Years active | 1979–present |
Spouse | Diane Kurys |
Children | Alexandre Aja Sacha Sperling |
Alexandre Arcady (born 17 March 1947) is a French actor, film director, producer and screenwriter.
Life and career
Alexandre Arcady was born in Algiers, Algeria. He emigrated to France at the age of fifteen. His son is filmmaker Alexandre Aja.
He has expressed his surprise at the "lack of leadership" of Israel during the Arab Spring, and he called Israel "the most advanced democracy in the Middle East".
Filmography
As an actor
- To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972)
- César and Rosalie (1972)
- Arrête ton cinéma (2016)
As a director
- Le Coup de sirocco (1979)
- Le Grand Pardon (1982)
- Le Grand Carnaval (1983)
- Hold-Up (1985)
- Last Summer in Tangiers (1987)
- L'union sacrée (1989)
- Pour Sacha (1991)
- Day of Atonement (Le Grand Pardon II) (1992)
- Dis-moi oui... (1995)
- K (1997)
- Return to Algiers (2000)
- Break of Dawn (2002)
- Mariage mixte (2004)
- Tu peux garder un secret? (2008)
- Comme les cinq doigts de la main (2010)
- What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
- 24 Days (2014)
- Le Petit Blond de la Casbah (2023)
As a producer
- Last Summer in Tangiers (1987)
- L'union sacrée (1989)
- C'est la vie (1990)
- Le Grand Pardon II (1992)
- À la folie (1994)
- Dis-moi oui... (1995)
- Furia (1999)
- Return to Algiers (2000)
- Break of Dawn (2002)
- High Tension (2003)
- Mariage mixte (2004)
- L'anniversaire (2005)
- Tu peux garder un secret? (2008)
- Comme les cinq doigts de la main (2010)
- Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (2012)
- 24 Days (2014)
- Arrête ton cinéma (2016)