Lyès Salem (Arabic: إلياس سالم) (born 1966 in Algiers) is an Algerian actor and film director. "BIOGRAPHY Lyes Salem was born in Algiers, Algeria in 1966. After studying at the National Conservatory for Superior Dramatic Arts, he performed Shakespeare in some of Algeria’s most respected theaters. His second short film, Cousines, received France's César award for Best Short Film in 2005. As an actor, he has appeared in a number of films, including Alex, Banlieue 13 and L’Ecole de la Chair. Masquerades is his first feature film."
His first film as director, Masquerades, won several prizes in France.Paris Match 2008- Numéros 3090 à 3096 - Page 358 "Au programme. du 28 au 31 août: quatre jours de compétition - le film algérien Mascarade de Lys Salem. a été couronné du Valois du meilleur film."
Filmography
As director Lhasa (short, 1999) Cousines (short, awards at the Festival de Clermont-Ferrand and César Awards) Jean-Farès (short, awarded at the Festival international du film de Marrakech 2001)Lyes Salem Mascarades (first feature film)
As actor
L’Ecole de la Chair (1998) American Cuisine (1998) - Karim Rendezvous in Samarkand (1999) - Mohammed Meet the Baltringues (2000) Filles uniques (2003) - L'avocat jeune beur À ton image (2004) - Antoine Banlieue 13 (2004) - Samy Alex (2005) - Karim Munich (2005) - Arab Guard #1 Délice Paloma (2007) - Maître Djaffar The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008) - Le type saoul qui veut du Abba Mascarades (2008) - Mounir Mekbel La tête en friche (2010) - Youssef - le serveur Des filles en noir (2010) - Le docteur Dernier étage gauche gauche (2010) - Hamza Barriba Nobody Else But You (2011) - Gus Rock the Casbah (2013) - Youssef L'Oranais (2014) - Djaffar I'm Dead But I Have Friends (2015) - Dany Je suis à vous tout de suite (2015) - Le douanier algérien Carole Matthieu (2016) - Alain Ôtez-moi d'un doute (2017) - Madjid Sparring (2017) - Omar Ramdam (2017) - Amine La finale (2018) - Hicham Soualem Le mystère Henri Pick (2019) - Producteur émission Infinitif Abou Leila (2019) Honey Cigar (2020) For My Country (2022) - Colonel Mohamedi A Gentleman in Moscow (2024) - Andrey Duras
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