Elie Chouraqui

1950-

Biography: life and films

Elie Chouraqui is a French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Paris, France on 3rd July 1950.

His best films as a screenwriter include Élie Chouraqui's thriller Man on Fire (1987), O Jerusalem (2006) and Celle que j'aime (2009), and whose best work as a film director include Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? (1982), Miss Missouri (1990) and Celle que j'aime (2009).

Elie Chouraqui has so far scripted 11 films, directed 10 films and appeared in 7 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Élie Chouraqui (10 films) and Claude Lelouch (4).

His most frequent genres include: romance (9 films), drama (9), comedy-drama (4), comedy-romance (3), comedy (3) and Thriller (3).

Our average rating for Elie Chouraqui over all films is: 2.8

Filmography

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

L'Aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972) [a]

Un jour, la fête (1975) [w]

Si c'était à refaire (1976) [a]

Mon premier amour (1978) [d,w]

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? (1982) [d,w]

Paroles et musique (1984) [d,w]

Man on Fire (1987) [d,w]

Miss Missouri (1990) [d,w]

La Belle histoire (1992) [a]

Coup de jeune (1993) [a]

Les Marmottes (1993) [d,w]

Les Menteurs (1996) [d,w]

Harrison's Flowers (2000) [d,w]

O Jerusalem (2006) [a,d,w]

Celle que j'aime (2009) [d,w]

L'Origine de la violence (2016) [d,w]



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