Riad Sattouf is a French comic book writer and director born in Paris in 1978.
Riad Sattouf is a French comic book writer and director born in Paris in 1978.
Born to a Syrian father and a French Breton mother, Riad Sattouf grew up in Libya and Syria. A period he recounts in his series The Arab of the Future, winner of the Golden Fauve for the best comic strip at the Angoulême Festival in 2015.
He began his career as a comic book author in 2000 with the publication of Petit verglas. Then came Les pauvres aventures de Jérémie, Pipit Farlouse, Pascal Brutal, La vie secrète des jeunes, Les cahiers d’Esther and Le jeune acteur.
He also directed the films Les beaux gosses in 2009 and Jacky au royaume des filles in 2014.
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