Élie Chouraqui (born 3 July 1950) is a French film director and scriptwriter. His 1996 film '' Les menteurs'' was entered into the

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. He made several films with

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''. Monday November 9, 1987. E4 Features Daily Magazine. Retrieved on Tuesday April 3, 2012. In his younger days he was a volleyball enthusiast and was captain of the French

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team at the European and World championships winning 112 caps. He commentated on volleyball from French Television at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Filmography

*1978: '' Mon premier amour'' *1980: ''

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'' *1982: '' Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David?'' *1985: ''

Paroles et Musique ''Paroles et Musique'' ( en, Love Songs) is a 1984 comedy-drama romance film directed and written by Élie Chouraqui and starring Catherine Deneuve and Christopher Lambert. It is also the film debut of Charlotte Gainsbourg. Cast * Catherine D ...

'' *1987: '' Man on Fire'' *1990: ''

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'' *1993: '' Les marmottes'' *1996: '' Les menteurs'' *2000: '' Harrison's Flowers'' *2006: '' O Jerusalem'' *2009: ''

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'' *2016: ''

The Origin of Violence ''The Origin of Violence'' (French title: ''L'Origine de la violence'') is a 2016 Franco-German drama film directed by Élie Chouraqui, based on the Prix Renaudot-winning novel of the same name by Fabrice Humbert. The film won the Best Narrative ...

Musical theatre

*2000: '' Les Dix Commandements'' *2004: ''

Spartacus le Gladiateur ''Spartacus le Gladiateur'' (meaning Spartacus the Gladiator in French) is a musical Elie Chouraqui and Maxime Le Forestier based on the story of Spartacus Spartacus ( el, Σπάρτακος '; la, Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thr ...

'' *2010: ''Fallait pas me mentir''

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