Amar Laskri

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1942-01-22

Deathday 2015-05-01 (73 years old)

Place of Birth Aïn Beïda, Algeria

Also Known As عمار العسكري

Amar Laskri

Biography

Amar Laskri (عمار العسكري) was an Algerian filmmaker born January 22, 1942 in Aïn Berda. He studied theater, radio, television and cinema in Belgrade between 1962 and 19662. After three short films, he contributed, by directing an episode, to the collective fiction film L'Enfer à dix ans (1968) . He directed the Algerian Center for Art and the Cinematographic Industry (CAAIC) from 1996 to 1998, the year it was dissolved. One of his best-known films, described as unbeatable by El Watan, is "Patrouille à l'Est". A scene from this film has even become "cult", replayed multiple times on the internet: it shows a lookout shouting "Yaou Alikoum Men Guelma" to alert the fighters of the National Liberation Army, a cry echoed by the street watchmen . He announced in 2011 that he was considering making a film on Frantz Fanon, but hesitating between the choice of a fictional form (which would compromise the distribution of the film, Algeria having few cinemas) and a documentary which could be broadcast at television. The film remained in draft form. Upon his death on May 1, 2015 in Algiers, the daily El Watan described him as a "leading figure of Algerian cinema." His work is marked by the theme of the Algerian War.

Known For

Director

1988
Fleur de lotus

as Director

1987
Gates of Silence

as Director

1978
The Useful Man

as Director

1971
Patrol in the East

as Director

1968

Writer

1987
1971
Patrol in the East

as Scenario Writer