Ladj Ly

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1978-01-03 (46 years old)

Place of Birth Mali

Also Known As 래드 리

Ladj Ly

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, 365 jours à Clichy-Montfermeil (365 days in Clichy-Montfermeil), filmed after the 2005 French riots; Go Fast Connexion; and 365 jours au Mali (365 days in Mali). In 2011, Ly was given a three-year prison sentence for kidnapping and false imprisonment. In 2012, the sentence was reduced on appeal to two years imprisonment, and one year suspended sentence. Les Misérables is the first non-documentary film he directed. The film received many awards, notably at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and a nomination for the César Award for Best Short Film in 2018. In the same year, he was nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary Film for À voix haute: La Force de la parole with Stéphane de Freitas. In 2018 in Montfermeil, Ly created a free film school, called "L'école Kourtrajmé". Source: Article "Ladj Ly" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Director

Dumas: Black Devil

as Director

2023
Bâtiment 5

as Director

2020
Homemade

as Director

2019
Les Misérables

as Director

2017
Les Misérables

as Director

2017
Speak Up

as Director

2008
Go Fast Connexion

as Director

2006
Infrarouge

as Director

Actor

2023
Beau geste

as Self

2022
2021
Paper & Glue

as Himself

2018
#JR

as Self

2018
The World Is Yours

as Paoudré

2010
Our Day Will Come

as Jeune noir tchat vidéo

2006
Satan

as Ladj

Writer

2023
Mercy

as Screenplay

2023
Bâtiment 5

as Screenplay

2022
Athena

as Screenplay

2020
Homemade

as Writer

2019
Les Misérables

as Writer

2017
Les Misérables

as Writer

2009

Producer

2024
Hood Witch

as Producer

2022
Five-O

as Producer

2022
Athena

as Producer

2021
Narvalos

as Producer

2021
Fake News

as Co-Producer

2021
2020
Homemade

as Producer

Crew

2006