Amor Hakkar

Amor Hakkar (Arabic: عمر حكار; born 1 January 1958), is an Algerian filmmaker as well as a producer, screenwriter and actor currently active in French film industry. He owns the film production company "Sarah Films".

Personal life He was born on 1 January 1958 in mountainous village Aurès in Khenchela region of Algeria. At the age of 6 months, he arrived France with his parents.

Career In 1990, Hakkar directed his first short film titled Teach me to count to infinity. Then in 1992, he made the first feature film Bad Time for a Thug. It was a collaborative work with Pierre-Loup Rajot, Sylvie Fennec and Serge Giamberardino and produced by the company Rage au cœur films.

In 1994, he began filming in France and Italy the film Ailleurs c'est beau aussi with Mado Maurin and Pierre Remund. Then in 1998, Hakkar moved to his native region the Aurès to bury his father's remains, where he filmed the blockbuster television film Timgad, la vie au cœur des Aurès, a 52-minute documentary for France 5 TV. Meanwhile, in 2001, he won the Marcel Aymé Prize for the book titled La cité des fausses notes. In 2005, Hakkar created the film production company Sarah Films.

In 2008, he released the next film The Yellow House (La Maison jaune) in theaters in France and Algeria, and later in Switzerland and Canada. The film won 37 awards around the world and was critically acclaimed. becoming the only French film selected.

Filmography

Year Film Role Note Ref. 1990 Teach Me To Count To Infinity Director short film 1992 Bad Times for a Thug (Sale temps pour un voyou) Director official selection at the festivals of Carthage, Tetouan and Paris 2002 Timgad: Life at Heart in the Aurès (Timgad, la vie au cœur dans les Aurès) Director TVS prize at the Festival Vues d'Afrique in Montreal 2003 2008 The Yellow House (La Maison jaune) Director, screenwriter, editor, actor: Mouloud Official Locarno 2007 selection 2011 A Few Days of Respite (Quelques jours de répit) Director, screenwriter, actor: Moshen Official selection Sundance 2011 2013 The Proof (La Preuve) Director Official Selection Dubai 2013 2016 The One Who Will Live (Celle qui vivra) Director 2018 Ali's Choice (Le Choix d'Ali) Director, producer, screenwriter