Ouahab, Djamel

(October 10, 1968, Asnières, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )

   He started as a stage actor and notably performed Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1990) and Tom in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie (1991). He also played small parts in a few films (2001 L'Affaire Marcorelle, Serge Le Péron; 2003 Un Homme, un Vrai, Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu; 2005 J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka, Serge Le Péron and Saïd Smihi, France / Morocco / Spain). In 1992, he failed the National Conservatory of Theatre competitive ex­amination and began to write his first motion picture, which was shot in 1992-1998. After briefly working as an assistant casting director (1997 Le Cinquième Elément / UK and USA: The Fifth Element, Luc Besson; 1998 Taxi, Luc Besson), he directed some films (2000 The Dancer, Fred Garson; 2005 Tu vas rire mais je te quitte, Philippe Harel; Wah Wah, Richard E. Grant, UK / France / South Africa).

 Filmography

1999 ◘ Cour interdite (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor; shot in 1992-1998)