Ladj Ly
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 3, 1978, Mali
- Movies
- 26
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).
Upcoming Ladj Ly Movies
Dumas: Black Devil
2027
October 13, 2027
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Making Athena | Self |
| 2021 | Paper & Glue | Self |
| 2018 | #JR | Self |
| 2018 | The World Is Yours | Paoudré |
| 2015 | Les Bosquets | |
| 2010 | Our Day Will Come | Jeune noir tchat vidéo |
| 2006 | Satan | Ladj |
| 2003 | Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim | |
| 2002 | Easy Pizza Riderz | |
| 2001 | Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2 |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2027 | Dumas: Black Devil | Director, Writer |
| 2023 | Les Indésirables | Director, Screenplay |
| 2023 | Hood Witch | Producer |
| 2023 | Mercy | Screenplay |
| 2022 | Athena | Screenplay, Producer |
| 2022 | Five-O | Producer |
| 2021 | Dans ma forêt de ciment | Producer |
| 2021 | Narvalos | Producer |
| 2019 | Les Misérables | Director, Writer |
| 2017 | The Clichy-Montfermeil Chronicles | Director |
| 2017 | Speak Up | Director |
| 2017 | Les Misérables | Writer, Director |
| 2017 | Les Misérables | Director |
| 2009 | Twenty Show: The Film | Writer |
| 2008 | Go Fast Connexion | Director |
| 2006 | 365 jours à Clichy Montfermeil | Director |
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