From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Abdellatif Kechiche born December 7 1960 in Tunis Tunisia is an actor movie director and screenwriter He made his directorial debut in 2000 with La Faute à Voltaire Blame it on Voltaire aka Poetical Refugee which he also wrote He also directed LEsquive which won a César Award for Best Film and Best Director He has presented recently his last film La Graine et le Mulet on 64th Mostra del Cinema at Venezia for which he was awarded the Special Jury Prize the FIPRESCI Prize such as later the Louis Delluc Prize and others César Awards for Best Film and Best Director As an actor his introduction to most Englishspeaking audiences was starring as Ashade the taxi driver in the 2005 psychological thriller Sorry Haters an official selection in both the Toronto and American Film Institutes film festivals Description above from the Wikipedia article Abdel Kechiche licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia