Mabrouk el Mechri is a French

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...

 director, screenwriter and actor.

El Mechri was born in Versailles, France of Tunisian origin. He is married to actress Audrey Dana

Audrey Dana

Audrey Dana is a French actress. She studied drama in Orléans and Paris. After two years in New York, she came back to France where she acted in various plays, especially in Nos amis, les humains by Bernard Werber. She was also cast in the movie adaptation Nos amis les Terriens, and Roman de Gare...

. He has directed a number of films. After his three shorts Mounir et Anita, Generation Cutter and Concours de circonstance, he directed his first long feature Virgil in 2005 about the life of a boxer, followed by a comedy entitled Stand Up!. His 2008 movie entitled JCVD

JCVD

JCVD is a crime-based comedy drama directed by French-Tunisian director Mabrouk El Mechri, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a semi-fictionalized version of himself, a down-and-out action star whose family and career are crumbling around him as he is caught in the middle of a post office heist...

 about Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg , professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor, best known for his martial arts action films, the most successful of which include Bloodsport , Kickboxer , Double Impact , Universal Soldier , Hard Target , Timecop ,...

 and featuring him as the actor garnered Mabrouk El Mechri critical acclaim. The film, a comedy drama and at certain times biographical of Van Damme was screened at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

, 2008 Rome Film Festival (L'Altro Cinema) and the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

2008 Toronto International Film Festival

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 (Midnight Madness). He is now working on his new movie Sage femme (2008) featuring Vanessa Paradis

Vanessa Paradis

Vanessa Chantal Paradis is a French singer, model and actress. She became a child star at 14 with the worldwide success of her single "Joe le taxi"...

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Filmography

Director

• Mounir et Anita (1998)
• Generation Cutter (2000)
• Concours de circonstances (2003)
• Virgil
  Virgil (film)
  Virgil is a 2005 comedy drama film written and directed by French-Tunisian director Mabrouk El Mechri, his first long feature. It had its first public screening in movie theaters starting September 2005...
  
  (2005)
• Stand Up! (2006)
• JCVD
  JCVD
  JCVD is a crime-based comedy drama directed by French-Tunisian director Mabrouk El Mechri, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a semi-fictionalized version of himself, a down-and-out action star whose family and career are crumbling around him as he is caught in the middle of a post office heist...
  
  (2008)
• The Cold Light of Day (film)
  The Cold Light of Day (film)
  The Cold Light of Day is an upcoming action thriller film directed by Mabrouk El Mechri starring Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver and Henry Cavill.-Plot:...
  
  (2011)

Screenwriter

• Mounir et Anita (1998)
• Generation Cutter (2000)
• Concours de circonstances (2003)
• Virgil
  Virgil (film)
  Virgil is a 2005 comedy drama film written and directed by French-Tunisian director Mabrouk El Mechri, his first long feature. It had its first public screening in movie theaters starting September 2005...
  
  (2005)
• JCVD
  JCVD
  JCVD is a crime-based comedy drama directed by French-Tunisian director Mabrouk El Mechri, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a semi-fictionalized version of himself, a down-and-out action star whose family and career are crumbling around him as he is caught in the middle of a post office heist...
  
  (2008)

Actor

• Gomez & Tavarès (2007) directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner in the role of Rachid

Cinematographer

• Stand Up! (2006)

Composer

• Mounir et Anita (1998)

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