Mickaël Gamrasni has written and directed numerous historical documentaries on the history of the 20th century, particularly for the series, Apocalypse, broadcast in more than 170 countries.
With a degree in history from Sciences Po Paris, he has been a member of the scientific board of the Fondation pour la mémoire de la guerre d’Algérie [Foundation for the memory of the Algerian War] since 2014.
As the writer-director, he received the audiovisual award 2019 for “best documentary” for Apocalypse: Never-Ending War.
Filmography:
C’ETAIT LA GUERRE D’ALGERIE [THE ALGERIAN WAR] (5x52’)
Siècle / France 2 (2021, prime time)
FRANCE AFTER WAR (2x52’)
Nilaya / France 2 (2021)
DÉNAZIFICATION, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (52’)
Cinétévé / Arte (2021)
PUTTING PEACE TO THE TEST (8x04’)
INA / web series, World Forum for Peace (2021, prime time)
APOCALYPSE: HITLER TAKES ON THE WEST (2x52’)
CC&C / France 2, RTBF, National Geographic (2020)
APOCALYPSE: WAR OF WORLDS (6x52’)
CC&C / France 2, RTBF, National Geographic (2019)
Released on DVD by France Télévisions Distribution
APOCALYPSE: NEVER-ENDING WAR (90’)
CC&C / France 2, RTBF, Radio-Canada, National Geographic (170 countries) (2018)
Released on DVD by France Télévisions Distribution
Audiovisual award 2019 for “best documentary”
APOCALYPSE: VERDUN (90’)
CC&C / France 2, RTBF, National Geographic (170 countries) (2016)
Released on DVD by France Télévisions Distribution
APOCALYPSE: STALIN (3x52’) (1st assistant director)
CC&C / France 2, RTBF, Radio-Canada, National Geographic (170 countries) (2015)
Released on DVD by France Télévisions Distribution
SACRIFICE: FROM D-DAY TO THE LIBERATION OF PARIS (3x52’) (documentalist)
CC&C / TF1 (2014)
Released on DVD by France Télévisions Distribution
CHIRURGIEN DANS LA GUERRE D’ALGERIE [SURGEON IN THE ALGERIAN WAR] (90’)
CC&C / Planète + (2012)
LA BLESSURE, LA TRAGEDIE DES HARKIS [THE WOUND: THE TRAGEDY OF THE HARKIS] (90’) (historical advisor)
CC&C / France 3 (2010)
Released on DVD by France Télévisions Distribution
Publications:
- Dictionnaire historique des harkis [Historical dictionary of the harkis], under the direction of Mickaël Gamrasni, co-publication with the FMGACMT
(publication scheduled for 2022)
- Migrations, une aventure humaine [Migrations: a human adventure], co-publication Le Monde/La Vie, special edition “HISTOIRE”, 2016
(collection review articles on the history of international migrations)
- “France-Etats-Unis: le grand malentendu de la guerre d’Algérie” [France-United States: the great miscommunication of the Algerian War], in M. Vaïsse (ed.), De Gaulle
et l’Algérie, 1943-1969 [De Gaulle and Algeria, 1943–1969], Armand Colin, 2012, 360 p.
- La Blessure, la tragédie des harkis [The wound: the tragedy of the harkis], with Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle, Paris, Acropole, 2010, 252 p.
- L’Atlas des migrations [Atlas of migrations], co-publication Le Monde/La Vie, special edition “HISTOIRE”, 2008 (collection of 10 review articles on the history of international migrations)
