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bouchareb in 2011 paris , france 1 september 1953 rachid bouchareb signature.svg rachid bouchareb 2011.jpg rachid bouchareb
 rachid bouchareb film director
rachid bouchareb

rachid bouchareb -lrb- born september 1 , 1953 -rrb- is a french film director of algerian descent .
from 1977 to 1983 , he worked as an assistant director for france 's state television production company , société française de production -lrb- s. f. p -rrb- .
subsequently , he worked for broadcasters tf1 and antenne 2 .
he formed a production company called 3b with his associate jean bréhat in 1988 .
bouchareb began making short films in the 1980s .
his featured film debut came in 1985 with `` bâton rouge '' .
since then his acclaimed films have included `` poussières de vie '' -lrb- `` dust of life '' -rrb- -lrb- which received an academy award nomination in 1995 for best foreign language film in 1995 -rrb- ; `` little senegal '' in 2001 , as well as `` two men in town '' in 2014 were both shown in the competition at the berlin film festival ; and `` days of glory '' , which received the best foreign language film nomination in 2006 and also won prizes at the 2006 cannes film festival .
bouchareb 's films have a following amongst international cineastes .
his film , `` hors-la-loi '' , competed for the palme d'or at the 2010 cannes film festival in may .
it was the algerian entry for the best foreign language film at the 83rd academy awards and was one of the five final nominees .
