Ladj Ly

Ladj Ly (French pronunciation: [ladʒ li]; 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.[1]

Ladj Ly
Born (1980-03-19) 19 March 1980
NationalityFrench
OccupationFilm director
Screenwriter
Notable workLes Misérables

Biography

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.[2]

He directed his first films, notably for Oxmo Puccino, and his first documentaries, 365 jours à Clichy-Montfermeil (365 days in Clichy-Montfermeil), filmed after the 2005 French riots; Go Fast Connexion; and 365 jours au Mali (365 days in Mali).

In 2011, Ly was given a three-year prison sentence for kidnapping and false imprisonment.[3][4] In 2012, the sentence was reduced on appeal to two years imprisonment, and one year suspended sentence.[5]

Les Misérables is the first non-documentary film he directed.[6] The film received many awards, notably at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and a nomination for the César Award for Best Short Film in 2018. In the same year, he was nominated for the César Award for Best Documentary Film for À voix haute : La Force de la parole with Stéphane de Freitas.[7][8][9]

In 2018 in Montfermeil, Ly created a free film school, called "L'école Kourtrajmé".[10]

With co-writers Alexis Manenti and Giordano Gederlini, he won the Lumières Award for Best Screenplay,[11] and was nominated for the César Award for Best Original Screenplay[12] and the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter,[13] for the 2019 feature film version of Les Misérables.

His second feature film, Les Indésirables, is slated to premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.[14]

References
  1. "Les Miserables review". The New York Times. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. Sterlé, Carole (19 April 2019). "Montfermeil : Ladj Ly dans la cour des grands, à Cannes !". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  3. "Amad Ly, ex 'porte-parole' des quartiers, condamné à 5 ans de prison" (in French). Agence France-Presse. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2020 – via paris.maville.com.
  4. Korda, Robin (19 December 2019). "Ladj Ly, réalisateur des "Misérables", condamné à la prison : trois questions sur la polémique". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. Mathiot, Cédric; Leboucq, Fabien (18 December 2019). "Ladj Ly a-t-il fait de la prison pour tentative de meurtre, comme l'écrivent "Causeur" et "Valeurs actuelles" ?". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. "Interview with Ladj Ly". Indiewire. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  7. Kaganski, Serge (7 April 2017). "À voix haute. La force de la parole". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  8. Sterlé, Carole (17 February 2017). "Montfermeil : « Les Misérables de Ladj Ly, primé à Clermont-Ferrand". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  9. "Ladj Ly porte la voix des banlieues aux César". francetvinfo.fr (in French). 1 March 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  10. Sterlé, Carole (25 September 2018). "Clichy - Montfermeil : le cinéaste Ladj Ly forme la relève". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  11. Scott Roxborough, "France’s Lumiere Awards: ‘Les Misérables’ Wins Best Film, Roman Polanski Tapped as Best Director". The Hollywood Reporter, 27 January 2020.
  12. Melanie Goodfellow, "César awards: ‘Les Miserables’ wins best film, Polanski takes best director". Screen Daily, 28 February 2020.
  13. Nancy Tartaglione, "European Film Awards Nominations: Polanski’s ‘An Officer And A Spy’, Almodovar’s ‘Pain And Glory’, Bellocchio’s ‘Traitor’ Lead". Deadline Hollywood, 9 November 2019.
  14. Michael Rosser, "Ladj Ly’s ‘Les Indésirables’ to world premiere at Toronto 2023". Screen Daily, 5 July 2023.


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