Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah
Born Name: Adil El Arbi
Date of Birth: June 30, 1988
Place of Birth: Edegem, Belgium
Nationality: Belgian
Education: LUCA School of Arts
Born Name: Bilall Fallah
Date of Birth: January 4, 1986
Place of Birth: Vilvoorde, Belgium
Nationality: Belgian, Moroccan
Occupation: Film directors, screenwriters, film editors
Adil El Arbi (born June 30, 1988) and Bilall Fallah (born January 4, 1986) are Belgian-Moroccan film and television directors. The duo, collectively billed as Adil & Bilall, are known for writing and directing the feature films Image (2014), Black (2015), and Patser (2018), as well as directing Bad Boys for Life, the third installment of the Bad Boys franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
Career
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah went to film school together. The first project that they directed was a short film named Broeders (2011), which was acclaimed by critics; their later films, Black (2015) and Patser (2018), also received positive reception. They directed the first two episodes in the TV series Snowfall, which aired on July 5 and July 12 in 2017, as well as Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike's music video "When I Grow Up", which features American rapper Wiz Khalifa. Besides directing Bad Boys for Life, Arbi & Fallah are also attached to direct Beverly Hills Cop 4, the fourth installment of the Beverly Hills Cop film series, in which Eddie Murphy is set to reprise his role.
