André Djaoui

André Djaoui (born in Tunis) is a producer, painter, writer and film director.^[1]

Filmography

• 1981: L'Amant de Lady Chatterley de Just Jaeckin
• 1983: Au nom de tous les miens de Robert Enrico
• 1985: Liberté, égalité, choucroute de Jean Yanne
• 1986: La famille d'Ettore Scola
• 1986: Pourvu que ce soit une fille de Mario Monicelli
• 1987: Trois sœurs de Margarethe von Trotta
• 1988: Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale de Jean-Pierre Mocky
• 1990: Les 1001 nuits de Philippe de Broca
• 1990: La voce della luna de Federico Fellini
• 2005: Ô Jérusalem de Élie Chouraqui^[2]

Audiovisual works

In 1992, André Djaoui co-produced with Antenne 2, Rai 2, RTVE, NHK Japan, Channel 4 UK, USA Warner video, a series of seven Portraits of Scientists, writers, artists, politicians, Philosophers who changed the world. These films were made for television by leading filmmakers: Kafka by Zbigniew Rybczynski, Darwin by Peter Greenaway, Vivaldi by Lina Wertmüller, Ben Gurion by Jerry Schatzberg, Einstein by Michael Ritchie, Chekhov by Nikita Mikhalkov and Gershwin by Alain Resnais.

Musical comedy

In 1994, André Djaoui produced King David, a Broadway musical (lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Alan Menken). This is a work inspired by the Bible, especially the books of Samuel, the Book of Chronicles and the Book of Psalms. King David was designed as part of the celebration of the 3000 years of the foundation of Jerusalem.^[3]

Theater

André Djaoui is also writing for the theater. After meeting with Philippe Grimbert, they write a play named Back.^[4]

Painting

In 2008, he decided to start a new life in Israel as an artist. His paintings were exhibited in Tel-Aviv in 2009. His artworks are also present in Miami since 2015.^[5]

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