Lyes Salem

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Lyes Salem (born July 7, 1973 in Algiers , Algeria ) is a Franco- Algerian actor and film director .

Life

Salem was born in Algiers in early summer 1973 to an Algerian father and a French mother. After his parents separated in 1989, Salem grew up in France. He studied theater, television and film at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD) in Paris until 1998 and completed an acting training at the Paris École du Théâtre National de Chaillot . He then first played theater. In the mid-1990s he came to film, where he was seen in feature films, television and short films.

He also worked as an assistant director for the short film Tatoo , in which he took on a role. His first directorial work was the short film Jean Farès in 2001 . In 2005 Salem won a César in the Best Short Film category for the short film Cousines . Salem was the first to direct feature films at Masqueraden , where he also took on the lead role. For the film about an Algerian gardener who wants to get his sister, who is suffering from narcolepsy, under the hood, Salem received a César nomination in the category Best First Work in 2009 . In his second feature film, the political drama L'Oranais, about the development of society after Algerian independence, Salem took on a leading role again.

Filmography

Unless otherwise stated as performer:

  • 1995: Highlander (TV series, one episode)
  • 1998: Tatoo (short film)
  • 1998: School of Desire (L'école de la chair)
  • 1998: American Cuisine (Cuisine américaine)
  • 1999: Rendezvous in Samarkand
  • 2000: Meet the Baltringues
  • 2001: Jean Farès (short film) - also director
  • 2001: Heureuse (short film)
  • 2003: Filles uniques
  • 2004: Cousines (short film) - also director
  • 2004: In the mirror of evil (À ton image)
  • 2004: Ghettogangz - Hell before Paris (Banlieue 13)
  • 2005: Les Cordier, juge et flic (TV series, an episode)
  • 2005: Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961 (TV)
  • 2005: Alex
  • 2005: Munich (Munich)
  • 2006: Bonne nuit Malik (short film)
  • 2007: I think of you, Paloma (Délice Paloma)
  • 2007: L'affaire Sacha Guitry (TV)
  • 2007: L'affaire Ben Barka (TV)
  • 2008: C'est la vie - This is how we are, this is life (Le premier jour du reste de ta vie)
  • 2008: Masquerades (Mascarades) - also director
  • 2010: Histoires de vies (TV series, one episode)
  • 2010: The Labyrinth of Words (La tête en friche)
  • 2010: Des filles en noir
  • 2010: Dernier étage gauche gauche
  • 2010: T'embrasser une dernière fois (short film)
  • 2010: Tempus Fugit (short film)
  • 2011: Who Killed Marilyn? (Poupoupidou)
  • 2011: Hard (TV series, two episodes)
  • 2012: Il était une fois… peut-être pas (TV)
  • 2013: Rock the Casbah
  • 2014: L'Oranais (also director, screenplay)
  • 2014: I'm dead, make something of it (Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis)
  • 2015: Mademoiselle Hanna and the art of saying no (Je suis à vous tout de suite)
  • 2016: A Breton love (Ôtez-moi d'un doute)
  • 2016: Accountability (Carole Matthieu)
  • 2018: For my faith (Dévoilées)
  • 2018: Nefta Football Club (short film)
  • 2019: The secret novel of Monsieur Pick (Le mystère Henri Pick)
  • 2019: Abou Leila

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Franck Nouchi: Lyes Salem: “150 ans d'histoire commune ne s'effacent pas” . lemonde.fr, November 18, 2014.
  2. ↑ Masquerades (Mascarades). Feature film, France 2007 ( Memento of February 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Lyes Salem on comedyfilmfestival.de
personal data
SURNAME Salem, Lyes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-Algerian actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH 7th July 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Algiers , Algeria