Tony Gatlif (born as Michel Dahmani, 10 September 1948) is a French film director of Romani ethnicity who also works as a screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer.

Since the 1981 film Corre, gitano, Gatlif's work has been focused on the Romani people of Europe, from whom he partially traces his descent.

After making Gaspard et Robinson in 1990, Gatlif spent 1992 and 1993 shooting Latcho Drom, which was awarded numerous prizes.

For Vincent Ostria, then journalist at the Cahiers du Cinéma, it was "the most genuine film of the year (1993 editor's note)."

A year later, Gatlif brought the world of the author J. M. G. Le Clézio to the screen in Mondo (1994).