Fellag

Moh-Saïd Fellag was born on the 31^st March 1950 in Azeffoun, Tizi Ouzou. He is an Algerian comedian, writer, an actor and a humorist. In the year 1958, at the peak of the Algerian War of independence, his father took him together with his younger brother to reside with an aunt in Beni-Messous for their safety and it was there that they went to primary school. Moh-Saïd Fellag did his secondary school education in Tizi-Ouzou. He entered the school of Dramatic Arts of Algiers in the year 1968 and was there for 4 years and he took part in many theatres all through the country.

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Career

From the year 1978 to the year 1985, Moh-Saïd Fellag took part in many theatrical films that was produced, before he went back to his country, Algeria in the year 1985 to join the National Theatre of Algeria in the acting of a crucial role in the Eduardo De Fillippo’s production of the movie called L’art de la Comedie. In the year 1986, he took a role in the movie called Le Costume Blanc Couleur Glace à la Noix de Coco by Ray Bradbury and he created Les Aventures de Tchop and that was his first one man show.

Moh-Saïd Fellag took part in many movies and TV shows in the country during the time of turbulence in the country in the later 1980s and in the early part of the 1990s.

Moh-Saïd Fellag was the writer of the play called Cocktail Khorotov and the SOS Labes in the year 1990. In the year 1992, he followed them up with Un bateau pour l'Australie-Babor Australia. After the bomb explosion during one of his presentations in the year 1995, he made a move to Tunisia and then later relocated to France. in France he discovered success on stage with his play that antagonized the social hardship of the country, France.

Fellag has been seen on several movies especially since the year 2005, with Oscar-chosen Monsieur Lazhar that he won the Canadian Genie Award for the best actor in a leading role.

Awards and prizes

Ø  Prix du Syndicat de la Critique of the year 1998

Ø  Raymond Devos prize of the year 2003

Ø  Prix de la SACD de la Francophonie of the year 2003

Plays

Ø  Cocktail Khorotov of the year 1989

Ø  SOS Labes of the year 1990

Ø  Un Bateau pour l'Australie of the year 1992

Ø  Djurdjurassic Bled of the year 1998

Ø  La Casbah of the year 2003 with Biyouna

Ø  Le Dernier chameau of the year 2004.

Ø  L'ère des Ninjas et Djurdjurassic of the year 2007

Publications

Ø  Les Aventures de Tchop in the year 1965

Ø  SOS Labes

Ø  Cocktail Khorotov

Ø  Le Balcon de Djamila

Ø  Djurdjurassique bled in the year 1999

Ø  Rue des petites daurades, novel in the year 2001

Ø  C'est à Alger

Ø  Comment réussir un bon petit couscous in the year 2003

Ø  Le Dernier chameau

Ø  L'Allumeur de Rêves Berbères in the year 2007

Ø  Tous les Algériens sont des mécaniciens in the year 2009

Filmography

Ø  In the year 1983 he did Liberté, la nuit, by Philippe Garrel

Ø  In the year 1990 he did De Hollywood à Tamanrasset

Ø  In the year 1998 he did Le Gone du Chaâba, by Christophe Ruggia

Ø  In the year 2001 he did Inch'Allah dimanche, by Yamina Benguigui

Ø  In the year 2002 he did Fleurs de sang, by Myriam Mézières

Ø  In the year 2003 he did Momo mambo, by Laïla Marrakchi

Ø  In the year 2005 he did Voisins, voisines, by Malik Chibane

Ø  In the year 2005 he did Rue des figuiers, by Yasmina Yahiaoui

Ø  In the year 2006 he did Michou d'Auber, by Thomas Gilou

Ø  In the year 2007 he did L'Ennemi intime, by Florent Emilio Siri

Ø  In the year 2009 he did The Barons

Ø  In the year 2010 he did Top Floor, Left Wing

Ø  In the year 2011 he did The Rabbi's Cat, by Joann Sfar

Ø  In the year 2011 he did Monsieur Lazhar, by Philippe Falardeau