# Mehdi Charef

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{{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](/source/Maghnia), Algeria
| death_date   =
| death_place  = 
| occupation   = [Film director](/source/Film_director)<br>[Screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter)
| years_active = 1985-Present 
}}

'''Mehdi Charef''' (born 21 October 1952) is a French [film director](/source/film_director) and [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter) of [Algerian](/source/Algerian_people) 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](/source/Tea_in_the_Harem)'' was screened in the [Un Certain Regard](/source/Un_Certain_Regard) section at the [1985 Cannes Film Festival](/source/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](/source/In_the_Country_of_Juliets)'' competed for the [Palme d'Or](/source/Palme_d'Or) at the [1992 festival](/source/1992_Cannes_Film_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](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Award_for_Best_First_Film) for ''[Tea in the Harem](/source/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](/source/Tea_in_the_Harem)'' (1985)
* ''[Miss Mona](/source/Miss_Mona)'' (1987)
* ''[Camomille](/source/Camomille)'' (1988)
* ''[Au pays des Juliets](/source/In_the_Country_of_Juliets)'' (1992)
* ''[Aime-toi toujours](/source/Aime-toi_toujours)'' (1995)
* ''[Pigeon volé](/source/Pigeon_vol%C3%A9)'' (1996)
* ''[La maison d'Alexina](/source/La_maison_d'Alexina)'' (1999)
* ''[Marie-Line](/source/Marie-Line)'' (2000)
* ''[La fille de Keltoum](/source/La_fille_de_Keltoum)'' (2001)
* ''[All the Invisible Children](/source/All_the_Invisible_Children)'' (2005)
* ''[Cartouches Gauloises](/source/Cartouches_Gauloises)'' (2007)
* ''[Graziella](/source/Graziella_(2015_film))'' (2015)

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

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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

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