- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- September 10, 1948
- Place of Birth
- Algiers
Tony Gatlif
Gatlif was born in Algiers to a Kabyle father and a Romani mother. After his childhood there, Gatlif arrived in France in 1960 following the Algerian War of Independence. Gatlif struggled for years to break into the film industry, playing in several theatrical productions until directing his first film, La Tête en ruine, in 1975. He followed it with the 1979 La Terre au ventre, a story of the Algerian War of Independence. Since the 1981 Corre, gitano, Gatlif's work has been focused on the Romani people of Europe, from whom he partially traces his descent. After making Gaspard et Robinson in 1990, Gatlif spent 1992 and 1993 shooting Latcho Drom, which was awarded numerous prizes. This feature-length musical film, often mislabelled as a documentary, deals with gypsy culture throughout the world around the theme of their music and dance. For Vincent Ostria, then journalist at the Ca…
Filmography
movieMarave
2026
movieAnge
2025 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Original Music Composer
movieChaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025 · Self
movieTom Medina
2021 · Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer
movieJourney from Greece
2017 · Director, Writer
movieWinter Song
2015 · Le Truand
movieGeronimo
2014 · Director, Writer
movieThe Outraged
2012 · Executive Producer, Director
movieTime for Outrage!
2012 · Director
movieFreedom
2009 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieTransylvania
2006 · Director, Writer, Music
movieExiles
2004 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Music
movieVisions of Europe
2004 · Director, Writer
movieLulu
2002 · Fabio
movieSwing
2002 · Director, Writer, Producer, Music, Original Music Composer
movieLike An Airplane
2002 · Associate Producer
movieI Come
2000 · Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer
movieChildren of the Stork
1999 · Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
tvVivement dimanche
1998 · Self
movieThe Crazy Stranger
1998 · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
movieMondo
1995 · Director, Writer
movieLucumi, l'enfant rumbeiro de Cuba
1995 · Director
movieSafe Journey
1993 · Director, Writer
movieGaspard and Robinson
1990 · Director, Writer
moviePleure Pas My Love
1989 · Director
movieThe Way Out
1986 · Writer, Director
movieLes Princes
1983 · Léo, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
movieCorre, gitano
1982 · Writer, Director
movieCanta Gitano
1982 · Le premier echappé, Director, Writer
movieThe Belly of the Earth
1979 · Director
tvCérémonie des César
1976 · Self - Presenter
movieAct of Aggression
1975 · Biker in the interrogation
movieRaging Fists
1975 · Nanar, Writer
La tête en ruines
movieLa tête en ruines
1975 · Director