Mehdi Charef (born 21 October 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian descent. He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His film "Le thé au harem d'Archimède" was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. Seven years later, his film "Au pays des Juliets" competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 festival.