Alexandre Arcady
Arcady in 2012
Born	(1947-03-17) 17 March 1947 (age 76) Algiers, Algeria
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Diane Kurys
Children	Alexandre Aja Sacha Sperling

Alexandre Arcady (born 17 March 1947) is a French actor, film director, producer and screenwriter.^[1][2][3]

Life and career

Alexandre Arcady was born in Algiers, Algeria.^[2] He emigrated to France at the age of fifteen.^[2] His son is filmmaker Alexandre Aja.^[2]

He has expressed his surprise at the "lack of leadership" of Israel during the Arab Spring, and he called Israel "the most advanced democracy in the Middle East".^[4]

Filmography

As an actor

• To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972)
• César and Rosalie (1972)
• Arrête ton cinéma (2016)

As a director

• Le Coup de sirocco [fr] (1979)
• Le Grand Pardon [fr] (1982)
• Le Grand Carnaval [fr] (1983)
• Hold-Up (1985)
• Last Summer in Tangiers (1987)
• L'union sacrée [fr] (1989)
• Pour Sacha (1991)
• Day of Atonement (Le Grand Pardon II) (1992)
• Dis-moi oui... (1995)
• K [fr] (1997)
• Return to Algiers (2000)
• Break of Dawn [fr] (2002)
• Mariage mixte [fr] (2004)
• Tu peux garder un secret? (2008)
• Comme les cinq doigts de la main [fr] (2010)
• What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
• 24 Days (2014)
• Le Petit Blond de la Casbah [fr] (2023)

As a producer

• Last Summer in Tangiers (1987)
• L'union sacrée (1989)
• C'est la vie (1990)
• Le Grand Pardon II (1992)
• À la folie (1994)
• Dis-moi oui... (1995)
• Furia (1999)
• Return to Algiers (2000)
• Break of Dawn (2002)
• High Tension (2003)
• Mariage mixte (2004)
• L'anniversaire (2005)
• Tu peux garder un secret? (2008)
• Comme les cinq doigts de la main (2010)
• Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (2012)
• 24 Days (2014)
• Arrête ton cinéma (2016)