Mehdi Charef

Mehdi Charef
Born (1952-10-21) 21 October 1952 (age 72)
Maghnia, Algeria
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1985-Present

Mehdi Charef (born 21 October 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian descent.[1] 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.[2] Seven years later, his film Au pays des Juliets competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 festival.[3]

  1. ^ "Mehdi Charef". Premiere.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Tea in the Harem". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: In the Country of Juliets". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 13 August 2009.