Ladj Ly
Directing
Born: 1978-01-03 · Mali
Biography
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, 36
🎬 Movies (27)
Dumas: Black Devil
2027
Director
Short cuts : Ladj Ly's Les Misérables
2025
Original Film Writer
Mercy
2023
Screenplay
Les Indésirables
2023
Director
Hood Witch
2023
Producer
Making Athena
2022
Self
Five-O
2022
Producer
Athena
2022
Screenplay
Paper & Glue
2021
Self
Narvalos
2021
Producer
Fake News
2021
Co-Producer
Dans ma forêt de ciment
2021
Producer
Les Misérables
2019
Director
#JR
2018
Self
The World Is Yours
2018
Paoudré
Les Misérables
2017
Director
Speak Up
2017
Director
The Clichy-Montfermeil Chronicles
2017
Director
Les Bosquets
2015
Our Day Will Come
2010
Jeune noir tchat vidéo
Twenty Show: The Film
2009
Writer
Go Fast Connexion
2008
Director
Satan
2006
Ladj
365 jours à Clichy Montfermeil
2006
Director
Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim
2003
Easy Pizza Riderz
2002
Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2
2001
