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Tony Gatlif (born as Michel Dahmani on 10 September 1948 in Algiers, Algeria) is a French film director of Romani ethnicity who also works as a screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer. Tony Gatlif was born on 10 September 1948 in Algiers. Like many others, he left Algeria in the early 1960s. In elementary school he discovered the cinema. A teacher bought a 16mm projector and showed a movie every week, which served as the basis for a passion in film. “ [I] have seen the films of Vigo, Renoir, from John Ford and Chaplin’s … That is my cinema education.” as he arrives without... MORE

Tony Gatlif (born as Michel Dahmani on 10 September 1948 in Algiers, Algeria) is a French film director of Romani ethnicity who also works as a screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer. Tony Gatlif was born on 10 September 1948 in Algiers. Like many others, he left Algeria in the early 1960s. In elementary school he discovered the cinema. A teacher bought a 16mm projector and showed a movie every week, which served as the basis for a passion in film. “ [I] have seen the films of Vigo, Renoir, from John Ford and Chaplin’s … That is my cinema education.” as he arrives without anything in France, he goes to the chaotic way of street children who juvenile delinquency and educational institutions. By day, he sneaked into the cinema halls of the Grands Boulevards, in order to be able to sleep in warm places. One evening in 1966, he was courageous enough to seek out his idol, Michel Simon after a theatrical performance in his dressing room. The actor wrote Gatlif a recommendation that helped him attend an acting course in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Five years later, Gatlif acted in an Edward Bond stage play (produced by Claude Régy) near another beginner - Gérard Depardieu. Around the same LESS