Ladj Ly

1978 (48) • Directing

Born: 1/3/1978 (48) in Mali

Known for: Directing

Ladj Ly

Ladj Ly (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.

Known For

Les Misérables

76%

Director

2019

Athena

66%

Screenplay

2022

Satan

58%

Ladj

2006

Speak Up

78%

Director

2017

Fake News

41%

Co-Producer

2021

Les Indésirables

62%

Director

2023

Hood Witch

60%

Producer

2023

Les Misérables

70%

Writer

2017

Dumas: Black Devil

Director

2027

Dumas: Black Devil

Writer

2027

Short cuts : Ladj Ly's Les Misérables

50%

Original Film Writer

2025

Les Indésirables

62%

Director

2023

Les Indésirables

62%

Screenplay

2023

Hood Witch

60%

Producer

2023

Mercy

54%

Screenplay

2023

Beau geste

10%

Self

2023

Making Athena

75%

Self

2022

Athena

66%

Screenplay

2022

Athena

66%

Producer

2022

Five-O

70%

Producer

2022

Paper & Glue

73%

Self

2021

Fake News

41%

Co-Producer

2021

Dans ma forêt de ciment

Producer

2021

Narvalos

53%

Producer

2021

Homemade

55%

Director

2020

Homemade

55%

Producer

2020

Homemade

55%

Writer

2020

Imani

Delegated Producer

2020

Les Misérables

76%

Director

2019

Les Misérables

76%

Writer

2019

#JR

63%

Self

2018

The World Is Yours

67%

Paoudré

2018

The Clichy-Montfermeil Chronicles

Director

2017

Speak Up

78%

Director

2017

Les Misérables

70%

Writer

2017

Les Misérables

70%

Director

2017