Mehdi Charef (born 21 October 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian descent.

[1] He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007.

His film Le thé au harem d'Archimède was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.

[2] Seven years later, his film Au pays des Juliets competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 festival.

[3] This article about a French film director is a stub.