Michel Boujenah

1952-

Biography: life and films

Michel Boujenah is a French actor and film director. He was born in Tunis, Tunisia on 3rd November 1952.

His best films as an actor include Coline Serreau's comedy 3 hommes et un couffin (1985), John Berry's Le Voyage à Paimpol (1985), Paul Boujenah's Moitié-moitié (1989), Claude Lelouch's Les Misérables (1995) and Emmanuel Salinger's La Grande vie (2009), and whose best work as a film director include Père et fils (2003).

Michel Boujenah has so far appeared in 26 films, scripted 5 films and directed 3 films (including 1 short).

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Ariel Zeitoun (4 films), Paul Boujenah (3) and Coline Serreau (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (12 films), drama (8), comedy-drama (6), Thriller (3) and comedy-thriller (2).

Our average rating for Michel Boujenah over all films is: 2.4

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai fait au Bon Dieu pour avoir une femme qui boit dans les cafés avec les hommes? (1980) [a]

Fais gaffe à la gaffe (1981) [a]

Rock 'n Torah (1983) [a]

3 hommes et un couffin (1985) [a]

Le Voyage à Paimpol (1985) [a]

Tranches de vie (1985) [a]

La Dernière image (1986) [a]

Prunelle Blues (1986) [a]

Lévy et Goliath (1987) [a]

Les Surprises de l'amour (1988) [a]

Moitié-moitié (1989) [a]

La Totale! (1991) [a]

Le Nombril du monde (1993) [a]

Les Misérables (1995) [a]

Ma femme me quitte (1996) [a]

Un été à La Goulette (1996) [a]

Une femme très très très amoureuse (1997) [a]

XXL (1997) [a]

Don Juan (1998) [a]

La Grande vie! (2001) [a]

18 ans après (2003) [a]

Père et fils (2003) [d,w]

Dogora - Ouvrons les yeux (2004) [w]

3 amis (2007) [d,w]

Le Dernier gang (2007) [a]

Les Bureaux de Dieu (2008) [a]

La Grande vie (2009) [a]

Ultimatum (2009) [a]

Cendrillon au Far West (2012) [a]

Le Coeur en braille (2016) [d,w]



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