Nicolas Boukhrief

Career overview

Nicolas Boukhrief is a French screenwriter, film director, and actor born on June 2 or June 4, 1963, in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He began his professional life as a journalist and was a member of the original team of the review Starfix during the 1980s. Boukhrief worked as an assistant to Andrzej Żuławski from 1985 to 1987. Following this, he served as a co-scenario writer for Jean-Jacques Zilbermann's film Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist.

In 1990, Boukhrief created the Newspaper of the cinema on Canal+ and served as its writer in chief until 1993, at which point he transitioned to become the adviser on programming cinema. Beginning in January 1997, he worked as a programmer and presenter of My film club on Canal+. Alongside Richard Grandpierre, he shared responsibilities as a co-person in charge for Canal Plus Ecriture and, starting in 1997, for the department of Eskwad production within that same chain.

As a writer and director, Boukhrief is known for his work on several films, including Wrath of Man in 2021, Gardiens de l'ordre in 2010, and Silent Hill in 2006. Over the course of his career, he has accumulated numerous known credits in the film industry, contributing his expertise as a versatile filmmaker, writer, and industry programmer.