Ali Cherkaoui

After completing film direction studies in Paris, I had the chance to start in the industry, as a "video assistant" on Martin Scorsese's Kundun : a unique and privileged opportunity to watch, listen, learn, a few feet behind a legendary director.

Since then I had the opportunity to build my career as an “assistant director“ on a large scale of projects : From hollywood high budget features to european features with Academy Awards winning directors as well as Emmy Awards winning tv series...

All these experiences have been complementary and allowed me to achieve a high level of efficiency, a thorough organization, a precise crew, cast & extras' management but also the necessary flexibility, adaptability and “know-how“ in order to find creative solutions with less means...

Working in over 25 countries around the world, I have gathered an extensive location experience in places such as :

france, united kingdom (england & scotland), belgium, germany, czech republic, austria, hungary, north macedonia, malta, bosnia & herzegovina, slovenia, morocco, tunisia, turkey, qatar, united arab emirates, oman, india, thailand, china, the philippines...

Born in Casablanca, Morocco, I am trilingual and fluently speak : French, English & Arabic and have basic knowledge of Spanish & Serbo-croatian languages...