Adil El Arbi (born June 30, 1988) and Bilall Fallah (born January 4, 1986) are Belgian film and television directors. The duo 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.^[3] 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.^[4] Beside 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.^[5][6]

Filmography