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Gatlif in 2012, photo by Denis Makarenko /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Michel Boualem Dahmani
Place of Birth: Algiers, French Algeria (now Algeria)
Date of Birth: 10 September, 1948
Ethnicity: * father – Algerian Kabyle Berber * mother – Andalusian Romani
Tony Gatlif is a French filmmaker, screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer. He has directed the films Latcho Drom , which tells the origin and journey of the Romani from India to Europe; as well as Mondo , The Crazy Stranger , Je suis né d’une cigogne , Vengo , Swing (2002), Exils , Transylvania (2006), Korkoro , and Geronimo (2014). He also wrote all of the above, except for The Crazy Stranger , Vengo , and Exils , all of which he co-wrote. His films often depict Romani culture.
His father was an Algerian Kabyle Berber. His mother was Romani. She is said to have been descended from Spanish Romanis, who migrated from Spain to North Africa. Tony moved to France in 1960, during the Algerian War of Independence.
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