Nabil Ayouch

Nabil Ayouch (born 1 April 1969) is a French-Moroccan television and film director, producer and writer.

Nabil Ayouch
Born (1969-04-01) 1 April 1969
Paris, France
OccupationFilm director, producer, and screenwriter
Years active1992–present
Home townParis
Parent(s)
  • Noureddine Ayouch (father)

Early life

He was born in 1969 in Paris, to a Moroccan-Muslim father, Noureddine Ayouch and a French mother of Tunisian-Jewish descent. After the divorce his parents, he spent a large part of his childhood in Sarcelles.[1][2] After three years of course of theatre in Paris (1987–1990).

Film career

Ayouch started his career as a scriptwriter and director with the advertising agency Euro-RSCG.

In 1992, he directed Les Pierres bleues du désert, a first short film with Jamel Debbouze which tells the history of a young man convinced that there are large blue stones in the desert.

In 1993, he ended up settling in Casablanca, where he lives with his family and where he created a production company.[1][3]

Since then he directed two short films, Hertzienne Connexion (1993) and Vendeur de silence (1994) for which he received international recognition. He won the Ecumenical Award in 2000 in the Montreal World Film Festival for his film Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets.[4] Ayouch is set to produce the French-Moroccan thriller film Mirages.[5]

His 2012 film God's Horses competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[6][7]

Filmography

As director
  • Pierres bleues du désert, Les (1992)
  • Mektoub (1997)
  • Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue (2000) a.k.a. Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (USA)
  • Une minute de soleil en moins (2003) (TV) a.k.a. A Minute of Sun Less (International: English title)
  • Whatever Lola Wants (2007)
  • God's Horses (2012)
  • Much Loved (2015)
  • Razzia (2017)

As writer
  • Pierres bleues du désert, Les (1992)
  • Mektoub (1997)
  • Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue (2000) a.k.a. Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (USA)
  • Une minute de soleil en moins (2003) (TV) a.k.a. A Minute of Sun Less (International: English title)
  • Whatever Lola Wants (2007) co-written with Jane Hawksley

As producer
  • 2000: Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (associate producer)
  • 2019: Adam

Decorations

Further reading
  • Jonathan Smolin, "Nabil Ayouch: Transgression, Identity, and Difference" in: Josef Gugler (ed.), Ten Arab Filmmakers: Political Dissent and Social Critique, Indiana University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-253-01644-7, pp 214–244

References
  1. Creutz, Norbert (2016-03-08). "Nabil Ayouch secoue le cocotier marocain". Le Temps (in French). ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. Benbachir, Simo (2019-06-03). "Nabil Ayouch ... le controversé". Morocco Jewish Times (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  3. Goodman, Sarah (2019-03-17). "Behind the Silver Screen: A Conversation with Morocco's Nabil Ayouch". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  4. AYOUCH Nabil: Réalisateur, scénariste Archived 2005-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Bloody Baby a Hallucination? First Images From 'Mirages'!
  6. "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  7. "God's Horses: Cannes Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-01-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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