Safy Nebbou

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Safy Nebbou
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Safy Nebbou at the 2015 Cabourg Film Festival
Born (1968-04-27) 27 April 1968 (age 56)
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1997–present
Relatives Mehdi Nebbou (brother), Allan Nebbou (brother), Sammy Nebbou (brother), Karim Nebbou (brother)

Safy Nebbou (born 27 April 1968) is a French actor and director. [1] [2] [3]

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Life and career

Nebbou was born on 27 April 1968 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France to a German mother and an Algerian father. [1] He is the brother of actor Mehdi Nebbou.

He started his career as a stage director at the Théâtre des Chimères in Bayonne, where Tsilla Chelton was one of his mentors, and worked as an actor. [1] Subsequently, he directed short films, commercials for France Télécom, Orange and Renault, and feature films. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleCredited asNotes
DirectorScreenwriterActor
1997PédagogieYesYesShort film
1999Le Sourire du clownYes
2001BertzeaYesYesShort film
2003LepokoaYesYesShort film
2004 The Giraffe's Neck YesYesYes Cairo Film Festival - Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Debut
2006Une naissanceYesShort film
2007 Childhoods YesSegment "L'Enfance d'Ingmar Bergman"
2008 Mark of an Angel YesYesYes Cairo Film Festival - Best Screenplay
Cairo Film Festival - Best Second Work
2010 Dumas YesYesYes
2012Comme un hommeYesYes
2016 In the Forests of Siberia YesYes
2019 Who You Think I Am YesYes

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Cinéma". myCANAL (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  2. AlloCine. "Safy Nebbou". AlloCiné. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  3. Yahoo Movies