Gilbert Melki
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Biography
Nephew of actor Claude Melki (The Acrobat), Melki grew up in a Jewish family in Algeria. His father, an antiques dealer, came from KhenchelaKhenchela
Khenchela ancient Mascula is the name of the capital city of the administrative Khenchela Province , number 40, in the north east of Algeria. Situated in the Aures Mountains, 1200 m above sea level. The city is mainly populated by Berber Chaouis....
in Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
and his mother was from France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Both hid during the war: his father in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
and his mother in Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
His father sent him to a woodworking school, but Melki only stayed a few months. At 20 he decided to move towards comedy and took multiple drama classes. Fearful of not being up to par he went to live for several years in Italy.
After a first appearance on screen in 1992 in the Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s...
film Betty
Betty (film)
Betty is a French movie directed by Claude Chabrol based on the homonymous novel by Georges Simenon. It was first released in France in 1992.-Plot:Betty , a young alcoholic woman, is caught cold while cheating on her bourgeois husband...
, Gilbert Melki rose to prominence in 1996 throughWould I Lie To You? by Thomas Gilou in which he played Patrick Abitbol, a great businessman and millionaire megalomaniac, a role he revisited in the sequel in 2001.
Later films included Crustacés et Coquillages
Crustacés et coquillages
Crustacés et coquillages also known as Côte d'Azur, is a 2005 French film directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau.-Main cast:...
in 2005.
Filmography
- 1992
- BettyBetty (film)Betty is a French movie directed by Claude Chabrol based on the homonymous novel by Georges Simenon. It was first released in France in 1992.-Plot:Betty , a young alcoholic woman, is caught cold while cheating on her bourgeois husband...
by Claude ChabrolClaude ChabrolClaude Chabrol was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s...
- 1997
- La Vérité si je mens ! by Thomas Gilou
- Un amour de sorcière by René Manzor
- Une journée de merde by Miguel Courtois
- 1998
- Méditerranées by Philippe Bérenger
- La Patinoire by Jean-Philippe ToussaintJean-Philippe ToussaintJean-Philippe Toussaint is a Belgian prose writer and filmmaker. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and he has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and Japan. Toussaint won the Prix Médicis in 2005 for his novel Fuir...
- Grève party by Fabien OntenienteFabien Onteniente-Filmography:* 1989 : Bobby et l'aspirateur * 1992 : À la vitesse d'un cheval au galop* 1995 : Tom est tout seul* 1996 : Le Tuteur * 1998 : rève party* 2000 : Jet Set* 2001 : Tel épris * 2002 : 3 zéros...
- 1999
- Chili con carne by Thomas Gilou
- Monsieur Naphtali by Olivier SchatzkyOlivier SchatzkyOlivier Schatzky is a French film director and screenwriter. His 1991 film Fortune Express was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.-Filmography:* 1986 : Le Complexe du kangourou, Screenwriter...
- Vénus beauté (institut) by Tonie Marshall
- 2000
- On fait comme on a dit by Philippe Berenger
- La Taule by Alain Robak
- 2001
- Reines d'un jour by Marion Vernoux
- Les Morsures de l'aube by Antoine de CaunesAntoine de CaunesAntoine de Caunes is a television presenter, actor, writer and film director. He is the son of two prominent French personalities, television journalist-reporter Georges de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert...
- La Vérité si je mens ! 2 by Thomas Gilou
- 2002
- Un couple épatantUn couple épatantUn couple épatant is a Lucas Belvaux Film with his own script.This is the second installment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a comedy preceded by One: On the run, a thriller and followed by Three: After life, a melodrama.Belvaux referred in the DVD commentary that main idea behind...
by Lucas BelvauxLucas BelvauxLucas Belvaux is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the Trilogie, consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The three films are Cavale, a thriller; Un couple épatant, a comedy; and Après la vie,... - CavaleCavaleCavale is a Lucas Belvaux Film with his own script and starred by him.This is the first instalment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a thriller followed by Two: Un couple épatant, a comedy and Three: Après la vie, a melodrama.Belvaux referred in the DVD commentary that main idea behind...
by Lucas BelvauxLucas BelvauxLucas Belvaux is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the Trilogie, consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The three films are Cavale, a thriller; Un couple épatant, a comedy; and Après la vie,... - Après la vieAprès la vieAprès la vie is a Lucas Belvaux Film with his own script.This is the final installment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a melodrama preceded by One: On the run, a thriller and Two: An amazing couple, a comedy....
by Lucas BelvauxLucas BelvauxLucas Belvaux is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the Trilogie, consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The three films are Cavale, a thriller; Un couple épatant, a comedy; and Après la vie,... - Au plus près du paradis by Tonie Marshall
- 2003
- Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du CoranMonsieur IbrahimMonsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran , also known as Monsieur Ibrahim in English, is a 2003 French movie starring Omar Sharif, and directed by François Dupeyron. The movie is based on a book and a play by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt.-Plot:...
by François DupeyronFrançois DupeyronFrançois Dupeyron is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1977. His film La chambre des officiers was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:... - Rencontre avec le dragon by Hélène Angel
- 2004
- Les Temps qui changent (Changing Times) by André TéchinéAndré TéchinéAndré Téchiné , is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors....
- Prendre femme by Ronit ElkabetzRonit ElkabetzRonit Elkabetz is an Israeli actress and filmmaker. She works in both Israeli and French cinema. She has won three Ophir Awards and has received a total of seven nominations.- Biography :...
and Shlomi Elkabetz - Incautos by Miguel Bardem
- Confidences trop intimes (Intimate Strangers)Intimate StrangersIntimate Strangers is a 2004 French film directed by Patrice Leconte. It was shown in Competition at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.Paramount Classics acquired the United States distribution rights of this film and gave it a limited U.S...
by Patrice LecontePatrice LecontePatrice Leconte is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.-Biography:...
- 2005
- Angel-AAngel-AAngel-A , directed by Luc Besson, is a French fantasy and romantic drama featuring Jamel Debbouze and Rie Rasmussen. The film was premiered in the United States at the Sundance Film Festival of 2007.- Plot :...
by Luc BessonLuc BessonLuc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer.-Early life:... - Palais RoyalPalais RoyalThe Palais-Royal, originally called the Palais-Cardinal, is a palace and an associated garden located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris...
by Valérie LemercierValérie LemercierValérie Lemercier is a French actress, scriptwriter, director and singer.-Biography:Born in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime as the daughter of farmers, she grew up in Gonzeville and then studied at the Rouen Conservatoire - a dance, music and drama school. Lemercier made her screen debut in 1988, in the...
- 2006
- Crustacés et coquillages (Cockles and Muscles)Crustacés et coquillagesCrustacés et coquillages also known as Côte d'Azur, is a 2005 French film directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau.-Main cast:...
by Olivier DucastelOlivier DucastelOlivier Ducastel is a French film director, screenwriter and sound editor who currently works in collaboration with partner Jacques Martineau.- Biography :...
and Jacques MartineauJacques MartineauJacques Martineau is a French film director and screenwriter who works in collaboration with partner Olivier Ducastel.- Biography :... - Ça brûle by Claire Simon
- La Raison du plus faibleLa Raison du plus faibleThe Right of the Weakest is a 2006 Belgian drama film directed by Lucas Belvaux. It was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Eric Caravaca - Patrick* Lucas Belvaux - Marc Pirmet* Claude Semal - Robert* Patrick Descamps - Jean-Pierre...
by Lucas BelvauxLucas BelvauxLucas Belvaux is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the Trilogie, consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The three films are Cavale, a thriller; Un couple épatant, a comedy; and Après la vie,...
- 2007
- Le Deuxième Souffle by 'Alain CorneauAlain CorneauAlain Corneau was a French film director and writer.Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his...
- Anna M. by Michel Spinosa
- Très bien, merci by Emmanuelle Cuau
- Cowboy by Benoît MariageBenoît MariageBenoît Mariage is a Belgian film director.-External links:...
- Le Tueur by Cédric Anger
- 2008
- Made in Italy by Stéphane Giusti
- Largo WinchLargo Winch (film)Largo Winch is a 2008 French film based on the Belgian comic Largo Winch. It was released on 17 December 2008. A sequel was released in Belgium February 16, 2011 as Largo Winch ; its international title being The Burma Conspiracy.-Cast:...
by Jérôme SalleJérôme SalleJérôme Salle is a French film director and screenwriter.Salle has directed the films Anthony Zimmer, Largo Winch, and Largo Winch .-Notes:...
- 2010
- ComplicesCómplices- Tour :Complices Tour was a concert tour by the Mexican singer Luis Miguel to promote his last album Cómplices. On this tour, Luis Miguel performed his last pop and ballad songs, his Mexican songs, and also his back-catalogue...
by Frédéric Mermoud - Le Mac by Pascal Bourdiaux
- L’Avocat by Cédric Anger
- 2012
- La vérité si je mens ! 3 by Thomas Gilou
- 2012