Élie Chouraqui

Élie Chouraqui (born 3 July 1950) is a French film director, scriptwriter, and comic book writer. His 1996 film Les menteurs was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.

He made several films with Anouk Aimée.

In his younger days he was a volleyball enthusiast and was captain of the French Volleyball team at the European and World championships winning 112 caps. He commentated on volleyball from French Television at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Filmography 1973: Happy New Year as the inmate who escapes 1978: Mon premier amour 1980: Une page d'amour 1982: Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? 1985: Paroles et Musique 1987: Man on Fire 1990: Miss Missouri 1993: Les marmottes 1996: Les menteurs 2000: Harrison's Flowers 2006: O Jerusalem 2009: Celle que j'aime 2016: The Origin of Violence

Musical theatre 2000: Les Dix Commandements 2004: Spartacus le Gladiateur 2010: Fallait pas me mentir