Ladj Ly

Ladj Ly

Born: January 3, 1978
in Mali
Ladj Ly (born 19 March 1980 in Paris) is a French film director and screenwriter. He won a Jury Prize in Cannes Film Festival for Les Misérables in 2019. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

Ly's parents are from Mali and he grew up in Montfermeil, a district of Bosquets. He started making films with his friends Kim Chapiron, Romain Gavras, and JR, in the collective Kourtrajmé.

He directed his first films, notably for Oxmo Puccino, and his first documentaries, 365 jours à Clichy-Montfermeil (365 days in Clichy-Montfermeil), filmed after the 2005 French riots; Go Fast Connexion; and 365 jours au Mali (365 days in Mali).

In 2011, Ly was given a three-year prison sentence for kidnapping and false imprisonment. In 2012, the sentence was reduced on appeal to two years imprisonment, and one year suspended sentence.

Les Misérables is the first non-documentary film he directed. The film received many awards, notably at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and a nomination for the César Award for Best Short Film in 2018. In the same year, he was nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary Film for À voix haute: La Force de la parole with Stéphane de Freitas.

In 2018 in Montfermeil, Ly created a free film school, called "L'école Kourtrajmé".

Source: Article "Ladj Ly" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies for Ladj Ly...

Title: Beau geste
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 2023
Type: TV
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Athena: The Making Of
Title: Athena: The Making Of
Character: Self
Released: September 30, 2022
Type: Movie
The making of ATHENA covers the entire production of the film and gives us an in-depth perspective of the scenes that everyone is talking about, from the 12-minute long shot sequence to the scene that sent the cameraman 30 meters above the ground. Highlights include how Romain Gavras brought his vision to the screen, along with his co-writer Ladj Ly and Dali Benssalah (Abdel) and how the music, composed by GENER8TION, plays a unique role to make ATHENA a modern tragedy.
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Paper & Glue
Title: Paper & Glue
Character: Himself
Released: November 12, 2021
Type: Movie
A documentary following JR's artwork giving a global voice to everyday people.
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#JR
Title: #JR
Character: Self
Released: September 4, 2018
Type: Movie
At 35 years old, photographer JR is a street art worldwide star. Discovered after the Paris’ suburb riots of 2005 for his portraits of young people, his collages have adorned the galleries of the Louvre, the Pompidou Center, the Pantheon, the National Assembly ever since … From New York to Shanghai, and the Israeli-Palestinian wall to the US-Mexico border, he has stuck or exhibited giant photos on the walls of dozens of countries and associated hundreds of thousands of unknown artists with his projects. With the active collaboration of the artist himself, the documentary “# JR” tells the extraordinary adventure of this art activist whose spectacular interventions are all clear expressions of humanism, pacifism or remembrance relayed by his very strong involvement in social networks. For JR, art can help change the world.
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The World Is Yours
Title: The World Is Yours
Character: Paoudré
Released: August 15, 2018
Type: Movie
To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged gangsters, his longtime crush and his scheming mother.
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Our Day Will Come
Title: Our Day Will Come
Character: Jeune noir tchat vidéo
Released: September 12, 2010
Type: Movie
Redheaded teen Remy is bullied by his soccer teammates and drawn into fights with his younger sister and mother in their cramped apartment. After a flare-up of domestic violence, he flees home and is tracked down by a bitter guidance counselor, Patrick, also a redhead. Patrick looks upon Remy’s sullen insolence with both sympathy and disdain and decides to toughen him up...
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Satan
Title: Satan
Character: Ladj
Released: February 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A group of young people leave a disco and bump into a shepherd who is ready to spend his night worshipping Satan.
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Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim
Title: Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
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Easy Pizza Riderz
Title: Easy Pizza Riderz
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
In Easy Pizza Riders, an urban spoof western where people would kill for a pair of silver Reebok, the beloved French youth culture of the time is on full display: sneakers, pizza delivery, fish eye lenses, funk music. Shot when Gavras was only 21 years old, with a modest video camera, the short announces his unique talent for crafting imaginative, stylish, thrilling film sequences and for capturing era-defining moments.
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Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2
Title: Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
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Title: Festival de Cannes
Character: Self (jury)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV