Merzak Allouache

Merzak Allouache born 6 October 1944 is an Algerian film director and screenwriter His 1976 film Omar Gatlato was later entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize His 1996 Salut cousin was submitted to the 69th Academy Awards in the category of Best Foreign Language Film He is one of the most influential Algerian filmmakers considered by some to be the most important He is the only Algerian filmmaker who devoted most if not all of his cinematic work to his native country