Mehdi Charef

{{short description|French film director}} {{Other uses|Charef (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = Mehdicharef.jpg | name = Mehdi Charef | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|10|21}} | birth_place = Maghnia, Algeria | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Film director<br>Screenwriter | years_active = 1985-Present }}

'''Mehdi Charef''' (born 21 October 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.premiere.fr/Star/Mehdi-Charef|title=Mehdi Charef|website=Premiere.fr|language=fr|access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref> He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His film ''Le thé au harem d'Archimède'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="cannes-1985.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1056/year/1985.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Tea in the Harem |access-date=30 June 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> Seven years later, his film ''Au pays des Juliets'' competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 festival.<ref name="cannes-1992.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2/year/1992.html |title=Festival de Cannes: In the Country of Juliets |access-date=13 August 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> He won the César Award for Best First Film for ''Tea in the Harem''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mehdi Charef |url=https://www.academie-cinema.org/personnes/173571/ |access-date=July 30, 2025 |publisher=Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma}}</ref>

==Filmography== * ''Le thé au harem d'Archimède'' (1985) * ''Miss Mona'' (1987) * ''Camomille'' (1988) * ''Au pays des Juliets'' (1992) * ''Aime-toi toujours'' (1995) * ''Pigeon volé'' (1996) * ''La maison d'Alexina'' (1999) * ''Marie-Line'' (2000) * ''La fille de Keltoum'' (2001) * ''All the Invisible Children'' (2005) * ''Cartouches Gauloises'' (2007) * ''Graziella'' (2015)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0152831|Mehdi Charef}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Charef, Mehdi}} Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:French film directors Category:French male screenwriters Category:French screenwriters Category:French people of Algerian descent Category:People from Maghnia Category:Directors of Best First Feature Film César Award winners