Mehdi Charef is a famous Algerian Film Director and Screenwriter, who was born on Oct 21, 1952 in Maghnia, Algeria. Find Mehdi Charef age, wife, net worth, height, weight, education, career, family, images, biography & more updates. Get information about Mehdi Charef’s all key achievements or accomplishments, including professional and personal life detail.
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Mehdi Charef is a French film director, screenwriter, and novelist of Algerian descent. He is known for films and books that reflect immigrant life, social exclusion, and growing up in the suburbs of France. Based in Paris, his work spans around eleven films written or directed between 1985 and 2007, alongside several novels.
The Mehdi Charef biography notes that he was born on October 21, 1952, in Maghnia (Marnia), Oran Province, Algeria, shortly before independence. His family moved to France in the early 1960s, and he grew up in Parisian suburbs and slums while working for years as a factory mechanic. He was self-taught in writing and filmmaking.
His debut novel, Le thé au harem d’Archi Ahmed, was adapted into the film Le thé au harem d’Archimède (1985). His later films include Au pays des Juliets, Marie-Line (2000), La fille de Keltoum, and Cartouches gauloises.
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