---
name: "Bilall Fallah"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bilall-fallah"
fi1m_id: "bilall-fallah"
imdb_id: "nm4263190"
tmdb_id: 1399842
wikidata_id: "Q19587511"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "4 January 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T15:22:24.299028+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bilall Fallah

## Identity

Bilall Fallah

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bilall-fallah
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bilall-fallah
- **IMDb ID:** nm4263190
- **TMDB ID:** 1399842
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19587511
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19587511, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4263190/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1399842

Director. Born 4 January 1986 in Vilvoorde, Belgium.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 4 January 1986, Vilvoorde, Belgium
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Also known as:** Bilall, Adil & Bilall, Білал Фалла, アディル＆ビラル
- **Frequently works with:** [Adil El Arbi](https://film.one/person/adil-el-arbi.md), [Alexander Ludwig](https://film.one/person/alexander-ludwig.md), [Chris Bremner](https://film.one/person/chris-bremner.md), [Doug Belgrad](https://film.one/person/doug-belgrad.md), [Martin Lawrence](https://film.one/person/martin-lawrence.md), [Vanessa Hudgens](https://film.one/person/vanessa-hudgens.md), [Will Smith](https://film.one/person/will-smith-2888.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19587511, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4263190/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1399842

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Bad Boys for Life*](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-for-life.md) (68)
- **Disney+:** [*Bad Boys: Ride or Die*](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-ride-or-die.md) (60)

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## Fi1m on Bilall Fallah

> Bilall Fallah, working with Adil El Arbi, makes action we can follow and gives familiar stars room to be good company. We are less persuaded by the crowded plots: capable, energetic direction can only carry so much unnecessary story.

The pursuits in *Bad Boys for Life* (2020) let us see where people are and what threatens them. That should be routine, but Bilall Fallah and directing partner Adil El Arbi deserve credit for keeping the action clear. They also understand the pleasure of letting two familiar leads spend time together. We rate them as capable action directors whose judgement about how much story an evening needs is less dependable.

The Belgian crime films *Image* (2014), *Black* (2015) and *Gangsta* (2018) came first, with the latter two set in Brussels and Antwerp respectively. The move to Hollywood makes sense for directors already drawn to gangs and energetic action. Television work on *Snowfall* (2017) preceded *Bad Boys for Life*; *Ms. Marvel* (2022) later extended their franchise work, while the musical drama *Rebel* (2022) continued their Belgian filmmaking. That back-and-forth is worth keeping in view when the police sequels threaten to define them.

Robrecht Heyvaert, a regular cinematographer for the pair, gives *Bad Boys for Life* the clarity its pursuits need. Editors Dan Lebental and Peter McNulty sustain the momentum inside those sequences, though the intervals between them drag. We warmed to Will Smith and Martin Lawrence here because their affectionate sparring makes the friendship worth spending time with. The attempts to add weight are less convincing, and the crime plot is more work than it needs to be.

*Bad Boys: Ride or Die* (2024) is busier and less satisfying. Martin Lawrence and a handful of well-built set pieces keep it watchable, but Chris Bremner and Will Beall's screenplay piles a corruption plot, a prison break and a family reunion around them. Fallah and El Arbi keep things moving without making those complications matter. Try *Bad Boys for Life* for the chases and the leads, provided an overworked crime plot is not a deal-breaker.

## Biography

Bilall Fallah is a Belgian film and television director of Moroccan descent. He frequently works with Adil El Arbi; the pair are credited as Adil & Bilall.

They met while studying film at LUCA School of Arts in Brussels and began with short films before directing features including *Image* (2014), *Black* (2015) and *Gangsta* (2018). Their Hollywood debut was *Bad Boys for Life* (2020), followed by *Bad Boys: Ride or Die* (2024). They have also directed episodes of *Snowfall* (2017), *Ms. Marvel* (2022) and the film *Rebel* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, denofgeek.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bad Boys: Ride or Die* (2024), Fi1m 60, as Manny's Goon #2 (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-ride-or-die.md)
- *Bad Boys for Life* (2020), Fi1m 68, as Fael — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-for-life.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *7 Dogs* (2026), Director
- *The Best Immigrant* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Gangstas* (2025), Director
- *Bad Boys: Ride or Die* (2024), as Manny's Goon #2 (uncredited) · Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-ride-or-die.md)
- *Rebel* (2022), Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Additional Editor
- *Ms. Marvel* (2022), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Chatroom* (2021), Writer
- *Soil* (2021), series, Director
- *Bad Boys for Life* (2020), as Fael · Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-for-life.md)
- *Gangsta* (2018), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Scalped* (2017), Director
- *Tabula Rasa* (2017), series, as Mozes
- *Snowfall* (2017), series, Director
- *Hashtag* (2017), Director
- *Black* (2015), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *Image* (2014), Director
- *Broeders* (2011), Director
- *Astaghfiro* (2010), Director, Editor
- *Coupe Ghoroto* (2008), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
- *Smiling Hacker*, Director
- *Riders Republic*, Director
- *The Court of the Greats*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Bilall Fallah](https://film.one/media/person/11437/gallery-d0ed538ae264.jpg) Bilall Fallah — DWDD, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Bilall_Fallah_%282018%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bilall Fallah op Film Fest Gent 2021 bij de presentatie van "Grond".](https://film.one/media/person/11437/gallery-f8ed70184bf7.jpg) Bilall Fallah op Film Fest Gent 2021 bij de presentatie van "Grond". — Joost Pauwels, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Bilall_Fallah_%282021%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Louis Paul Boon Award 2016: Louis Paul Boon Award (won)
- Brusseleir van’t joêr 2015: Brusseleir van’t joêr (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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