Alexandre Arcady

Alexandre Arcady
Arcady in 2012
Born	(1947-03-17) 17 March 1947 (age 77) Algiers, Algeria
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Diane Kurys
Children	Alexandre Aja Sacha Sperling

Alexandre Arcady (born 17 March 1947) is a French actor, film director, producer and screenwriter.^[1][2][3]

Life and career

Alexandre Arcady was born in Algiers, Algeria.^[2] He emigrated to France at the age of fifteen.^[2] His son is filmmaker Alexandre Aja.^[2]

He has expressed his surprise at the "lack of leadership" of Israel during the Arab Spring, and he called Israel "the most advanced democracy in the Middle East".^[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Producer
1979	Le Coup de sirocco [fr]	Yes	No
1982	Le Grand Pardon [fr]	Yes	No
1983	Le Grand Carnaval [fr]	Yes	No
1985	Hold-Up	Yes	No
1987	Last Summer in Tangiers	Yes	Yes
1989	L'union sacrée [fr]	Yes	Yes
1990	C'est la vie	No	Yes
1991	Pour Sacha	Yes	No
1992	Day of Atonement (Le Grand Pardon II)	Yes	Yes
1994	À la folie	No	Yes
1995	Dis-moi oui...	Yes	Yes
1997	K [fr]	Yes	No
1999	Furia	No	Yes
2000	Return to Algiers	Yes	Yes
2002	Break of Dawn [fr]	Yes	Yes
2003	High Tension	No	Yes
2004	Mariage mixte [fr]	Yes	Yes
2005	L'anniversaire	No	Yes
2008	Tu peux garder un secret?	Yes	Yes
2010	Comme les cinq doigts de la main [fr]	Yes	Yes
2012	What the Day Owes the Night	Yes	No
	Ce que le jour doit à la nuit	No	Yes
2014	24 Days	Yes	Yes
2016	Arrête ton cinéma	No	Yes
2023	Le Petit Blond de la Casbah [fr]	Yes	No

Actor

• To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972)
• César and Rosalie (1972)
• Arrête ton cinéma (2016)

References

1. imdb
2. AlloCine
3. Yahoo movies
4. Stéphane Ilan, Alexandre Arcady : « Il n’y a pas un jour où je ne pense pas à l’Algérie », L'Arche, 21 September 2012

• Alexandre Arcady @ ECI Global Talent Management

External links

• Alexandre Arcady at IMDb