André Djaoui

André Djaoui is a Tunisian-born producer of film and stage, film director, screenplay writer, and painter. He was born in Tunis, Tunisia.

Filmography 1981: L'Amant de Lady Chatterley de Just Jaeckin 1983: Au nom de tous les miens de Robert Enrico 1985: Liberté, égalité, choucroute de Jean Yanne 1986: La famille d'Ettore Scola 1986: Pourvu que ce soit une fille de Mario Monicelli 1987: Trois sœurs de Margarethe von Trotta 1988: Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale de Jean-Pierre Mocky 1990: Les 1001 nuits de Philippe de Broca 1990: La voce della luna de Federico Fellini 2005: Ô Jérusalem de Élie Chouraqui

Audiovisual works

In 1992, Djaoui co-produced with Antenne 2, Rai 2, RTVE, NHK Japan, Channel 4 UK, USA Warner video, a series of seven portraits of scientists, writers, artists, politicians, and philosophers who changed the world. These films were made for television by leading filmmakers: Kafka by Zbigniew Rybczyński, Darwin by Peter Greenaway, Vivaldi by Lina Wertmüller, Ben Gurion by Jerry Schatzberg, Einstein by Michael Ritchie, Chekhov by Nikita Mikhalkov and Gershwin by Alain Resnais.

Musical comedy

In 1994, Djaoui produced King David, a Broadway musical (lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Alan Menken). This is a work inspired by the Bible, especially the books of Samuel, the Book of Chronicles and the Book of Psalms. King David was designed as part of the celebration of the 3000 years of the foundation of Jerusalem.

Theater

Djaoui also writes for the theater. After meeting Philippe Grimbert, they wrote a play named Back.

Painting

In 2008, he decided to start a new life in Israel as an artist. His paintings were exhibited in Tel-Aviv in 2009. His artworks are also present in Miami since 2015.