Ladj Ly
Birthday
1978/01/03 (47 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Mali
Also know as
래드 리
Biography
Ladj Ly (born 19 March 1980 in Paris) is a French film director and screenwriter. He won a Jury Prize in Cannes Film Festival for Les Misérables in 2019. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Ly's parents are from Mali and he grew up in Montfermeil, a district of Bosquets. He started making films with his friends Kim Chapiron, Romain Gavras, and JR, in the collective Kourtrajmé. He directed his first films, notably for Oxmo Puccino, and his first documentaries, 36...Read more
Acting
(2006) Satan
as Ladj
(2022) Making Athena
as Self
(2015) Les Bosquets
as ---
(2010) Our Day Will Come
as Jeune noir tchat vidéo
(2002) Easy Pizza Riderz
as ---
(2018) #JR
as Self
(2001) Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2
as ---
(2003) Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim
as ---
(2021) Paper & Glue
as Himself
(2018) The World Is Yours
as Paoudré
(2023) Beau geste
as Self