Director
Abdellatif Kechiche
December 7, 1960 · Tunis, Tunisia
Abdellatif Kechiche is a Franco-Tunisian actor, screenwriter, and director born on December 7, 1960, in Tunis, Tunisia. He moved to France as a child and began his career as an actor before turning to directing.
He gained recognition with films praised for their realism, dialogue, and direction of actors, notably L'Esquive and La Graine et le Mulet, for which he won four César Awards each, and La Vie d'Adèle, the film that earned him the prestigious Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. He recently released Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due, the final installment of a trilogy and possibly his last film, as he suffered a stroke in 2025, which significantly curtailed his work.
Notable work
Often works with
Hafsia Herzi
5 titles together
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno, The Secret of the Grain, Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due
Salim Kéchiouche
4 titles together
Blue Is the Warmest Color, Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno, Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due
Shaïn Boumedine
3 titles together
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno, Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due, Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
Ophélie Bau
3 titles together
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno, Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due, Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
Lou Luttiau
3 titles together
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno, Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due, Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
Alexia Chardard
3 titles together
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno, Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due, Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
Full filmography · 16
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due
Writer and Director
20256.2
Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
Director
2019
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
Director
20186.7
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Director
20137.1
Black Venus
Director
20106.5
Sueur
Director and Writer
2008
The Secret of the Grain
Director and Writer
20077
Sorry, Haters
as Ashade
2005
Games of Love and Chance
Director and Writer
20036.7
The Magic Box
as Raouf
2003
Poetical Refugee
Director and Writer
20016.6
The Secret of Polichinelle
as Raymond
1997