Lyes Salem
Lyès Salem (Arabic: إلياس سالم) (born 1966 in Algiers) is an Algerian actor and film director. His first film as director, Masquerades, won several prizes in France.
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Lyes Salem
- Name
- Lyes Salem
- Born
- 1966
- Birthplace
- Algiers
- Occupation
- Actor, film director
- Nationality
- Algeria · France
- Education
- Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
- Honours
- Valois de l'acteur
- Languages
- Arabic
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Lyès Salem (Arabic: إلياس سالم) (born 1966 in Algiers) is an Algerian actor and film director. His first film as director, Masquerades, won several prizes in France.
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• Name — Lyes Salem • Born — 1966 • Birthplace — Algiers • Occupation — Actor, film director • Notable Works — Masquerades
As director
As director
• Lhasa (short, 1999) • Cousines (short, awards at the Festival de Clermont-Ferrand and César Awards) • Jean-Farès (short, awarded at the Festival international du film de Marrakech 2001) • Mascarades (first feature film)
As actor
As actor
• L’Ecole de la Chair (1998) • American Cuisine (1998) - Karim • Rendezvous in Samarkand (1999) - Mohammed • Meet the Baltringues (2000) • Filles uniques (2003) - L'avocat jeune beur • À ton image (2004) - Antoine • Banlieue 13 (2004) - Samy • Alex (2005) - Karim • Munich (2005) - Arab Guard #1 • Délice Paloma (2007) - Maître Djaffar • The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008) - Le type saoul qui veut du Abba • Mascarades (2008) - Mounir Mekbel • La tête en friche (2010) - Youssef - le serveur • Des filles en noir (2010) - Le docteur • Dernier étage gauche gauche (2010) - Hamza Barriba • Nobody Else But You (2011) - Gus • Rock the Casbah (2013) - Youssef • L'Oranais (2014) - Djaffar • I'm Dead But I Have Friends (2015) - Dany • Je suis à vous tout de suite (2015) - Le douanier algérien • Carole Matthieu (2016) - Alain • Ôtez-moi d'un doute (2017) - Madjid • Sparring (2017) - Omar • Ramdam (2017) - Amine • La finale (2018) - Hicham Soualem • Le mystère Henri Pick (2019) - Producteur émission Infinitif • Abou Leila (2019) • Honey Cigar (2020) • For My Country (2022) - Colonel Mohamedi • A Gentleman in Moscow (2024) - Andrey Duras
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Lyes Salem, L’Oranais
L’Oranais, Lyes Salem, 2014, Les Cahiers de l'Orient, 2015
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