David Atrakchi
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David Atrakchi | |
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| Born | 10 December 1977 |
| Occupation | Actor |
David Atrakchi (born 10 December 1977) is a Yugoslavian born American actor best known for his role of Malcolm Manville in Transporter 3.[1] He played Lanyon in the 2011 thriller Faces in the Crowd.[2] He was an actor and co-producer of Frank & Lola, a 2016 noir love story written and directed by Matthew Ross. Atrakchi is featured as an android in Detroit: Become Human, a 2018 adventure game developed by Quantic Dream released worldwide in May 2018.
In 2019, he produced the French portion of Prentice Penny's feature Uncorked for Netflix with Mandalay Pictures.
Biography
[edit]Born in Yugoslavia, Atrakchi spent his childhood in Opatija and Baghdad, Iraq. Now based between Los Angeles and Paris, he studied theatre, dramatic arts and film at New York University with esteemed acting coach Jack Waltzer.[citation needed] In 2005 he became one of the founding partners of the French film production company and artists collaborative FullDawa Films.[3] He has directed & produced[4] several short films as well as a documentary for UNESCO titled A World for Inclusion[5] featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman.
With his company FullDawa Films, he has handled the production services and coproduced the feature films, My Old Lady by Israël Horovitz and Frank & Lola a Sundance premiere in 2016.[citation needed]
Film career
[edit]Atrakchi's first lead role was in the independent film Broken Idyll by Victoria Raiser.[citation needed] In 2008, he appeared as Malcolm Manville alongside Jason Statham and François Berléand in Transporter 3 by Olivier Megaton, produced and written by Luc Besson. Later Atrakchi appeared in a series of 5 short films for Tag Heuer -Meridiist by director Pierre Morel.[citation needed]
In 2010, he shot for Fred Vargas book adaptation "Un Lieu Incertain" by Josée Dayan,[6] starring alongside Jean-Hugues Anglade, Charlotte Rampling and Pascal Greggory. The same year Atrakchi filmed Faces in the Crowd in Canada.[7]
In spring 2011, he shot for Blind Watching in Portugal by Andrzej Jakimowski with Alexandra Maria Lara and Edward Hogg and two episodes for Canal+ in Prague as "Yves d'Allègre" in Borgia written by Tom Fontana with John Doman. Atrakchi shot in November 2011 "Au Nom D'Athènes" a 2X52' for the network Arte as Xerxes with Persian dialogue. The same year he was shooting for HBO in Toronto throughout May 2012, Transporter: The Series directed by Bruce McDonald (director).[citation needed]
In 2013, Atrakchi starred and produced Camille Delamarre's directorial debut film Last Call.[citation needed] He receives several acting nominations and one acting award [8] at the Festival du film de Vendôme for Pour la France directed by Shanti Masud.
He also acted and co-produced Frank & Lola a 2016 noir love story written and directed by Matthew Ross.[9]
Honours and awards
[edit]- 2013 acting award [10] at the Festival du film de Vendôme for Pour la France directed by Shanti Masud
References
[edit]- ↑ "Weekend Box Office Results from November 28–30, 2008". Box Office Mojo. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ↑ "'Faces in the Crowd' Begins Filming, Full Cast Revealed".
- ↑ "Official FullDawa Films".
- ↑ "Cannes Film Festival". Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ↑ "Unesco A World for Inclusion".
- ↑ "Set Pictures Un Lieu Incertain". Retrieved 13 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Faces in the Crowd Starts Shooting Full Cast Announced
- ↑ Acting Award - Festival du film de Vendôme
- ↑ "Ben Kingsley Joins 'Wake' Opposite Bruce Willis, 'Frank And Lola' Deal Set & More – Berlin Briefs". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ Acting Award - Festival du film de Vendôme
External links
[edit]- David Atrakchi at IMDb
- Official UNESCO website - A World for Inclusion
- Website - Full Dawa Films
- Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 - Official Video
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