Tony Gatlif

Born in Algiers on September 10, 1948, Tony Gatlif left Algeria – like so many others at the turn of the 1960s. He discovered film at school – his schoolteacher had bought a 16mm projector and would show films to be discussed in class on a weekly basis. "We saw Jean Vigo's films, John Ford's, Chaplin's... The film library made its way to my wasteland. That's how I learnt about films." When he arrived in France emptyhanded, he became a street kid and experienced… (more)