Nicolas Boukhrief
Nicolas Boukhrief (born 4 June 1963) is a French screenwriter, film director and actor.
Nicolas Boukhrief

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- Name
- Nicolas Boukhrief
- Born
- 4 June 1963
- Birthplace
- Antibes, France
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- France
- Fields
- film direction
- Languages
- French
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• Name — Nicolas Boukhrief • Born — 4 June 1963 • Birthplace — Antibes, France • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 1993–present
Career
Career
Boukhrief started his career as a journalist. In 1990 he created the Newspaper of the cinema on Canal+, and was the writer in chief until 1993, when he became the adviser on programming cinema. Since January 1997, he has been a programmer and presenter of My film club on Canal+. Along with Richard Grandpierre he was co-person in charge for Canal Plus Ecriture, and since 1997, of the department of Eskwad production within that chain. He was Andrzej Żuławski's assistant from 1985 to 1987. Thereafter he was a co-scenario writer of Jean-Jacques Zilbermann's film Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents, and of Assassin(s), directed by Mathieu Kassovitz.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Credited as — Notes • Director — Screenwriter • 1993 — Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents — Also as actor (uncredited) • 1995 — Va mourire — Also as actor • 1997 — Assassin(s) — Also as actor (Mehdi's brother) • 1998 — Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) • 2004 — Cash Truck — Also as casting director • 2006 — Silent Hill — Also as consulting producer • 2008 — Cortex • 2010 — Gardiens de l'ordre • 2010 — L'Italien • 2010 — In Gold We Trust • 2013 — Valentino • 2015 — Made in France • 2016 — La Confession • 2017 — A Bright Blue Sky — TV film • 2019 — Three Days and a Life • 2021 — Wrath of Man • 2021 — Delicious
Awards
• Event — Year — Film — Category — Award — Recipient — Ref. • Saraqusta Film Festival — 2021 — Delicious — Best script — Silver Dragon
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- 1.Nicolas Boukhrief. 2022-06-24. 2025-11-06. Microciné Revue de cinéma et de télévision. 166:7.
- 2.Romain. Jobez. La double séquence du spectateur. Critique. 699-700. 572–583. 2005-08-01. 0011-1600. 10.3917/criti.699.0572. 2025-11-06.
- 3.PIFFFcast 69 - Nicolas Boukhrief, Le Convoyeur (de Films). www.pifff.fr.
- 4.Le Cinéma de Starfix - Souvenirs du Futur. Editions Hors Collection. 2016.
- 5.Andrzej Żuławski feat. Nicolas Boukhrief. 2024-06-20. 2025-11-06. Microciné Revue de cinéma et de télévision. 154:12.
- 6.Le Convoyeur: Les critiques presse. 2025-11-06. AlloCine.
- 7.La Confession: Les critiques presse. 2025-11-06. AlloCine.
- 8.TV : « Un ciel radieux », récit d’une réincarnation. Le Monde. 2017-10-06. 2025-11-06.
- 9.«Trois jours et une vie» : Pierre Lemaître et Nicolas Boukhrief ont travaillé «main dans la main». leparisien.fr. 2019-09-18.
- 10.Trois jours et une vie : Un drame impressionnant [Critique]. Premiere.fr. 2019-09-17.
- 11.Sorties cinéma du 18 septembre : «Ad Astra», «Trois jours et une vie»… nos coups de cœur. leparisien.fr. 2019-09-17.
- 12.Dossier de presse de Comme un fils, Le Pacte.
- 13.100 grands films pour les petits. Editions Gründ. 2019.
- 14.Fiche de "Mon ami, Louis". Les archives du spectacle.
- 15.Fiche de la pièce "60 jours en prison". Les archives du spectacle.
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