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Abdel Kechiche

Abdellatif Kechiche
Abdellatif Kechiche Cannes 2013.jpg
Kechiche at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Native name عبد اللطيف كشيش
Born (1960-12-07) 7 December 1960 (age 56)
Tunis, Tunisia
Occupation Actor, film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active 1982–present

Abdellatif Kechiche (French: [abdɛlatif keʃiʃ]; Tunisian Arabic: عبد اللطيف كشيش‎, born 7 December 1960) is a Tunisian-French actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with La Faute à Voltaire, which he also wrote. His film Blue Is the Warmest Colour won the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

Born in Tunis, he moved with his parents to Nice at the age of six.

He directed Games of Love and Chance, known as L'esquive, which won a César Award for Best Film and Best Director. He presented The Secret of the Grain at the 64th Mostra del Cinema in Venice for which he was awarded the Special Jury Prize. The film also received the FIPRESCI Prize, the Louis Delluc Prize and the César Awards for Best Film and Best Director.


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