Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano


Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano are French filmmakers, best known for directing the films Those Happy Days and The Intouchables.

Early life

Olivier Nakache was born to Jewish migrant parents from Algeria. His sister is actress and director Géraldine Nakache.
Éric Toledano was born to Jewish migrant parents from Morocco.

Career

Nakache and Toledano collaborated several times before directing The Intouchables, which became one of the greatest box office successes in French film history and for which they were nominated for several awards, including three Cesar Awards. They have collaborated several times with actor Omar Sy, most recently with the 2014 film Samba. They will be releasing a new movie in 2019 called The Specials starring Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb

Filmography