Ladj Ly
Directing
January 3, 1978 (48 years old)
Mali
11
Acting Credits
10
Directed
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...
Known For
Filmography
Beau geste
2023
as Self
1
Making Athena
2022
as Self
7.5
Paper & Glue
2021
as Self
7.3
#JR
2018
as Self
6.3
The World Is Yours
2018
as Paoudré
6.7
Les Bosquets
2015
8
Our Day Will Come
2010
as Jeune noir tchat vidéo
6.2
Satan
2006
as Ladj
5.8
Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim
2003
Easy Pizza Riderz
2002
7.8
Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2
2001