Adil El Arbi
Film director · 2 films (2020–2024)
Adil El Arbi is a director whose work here spans Bad Boys for Life (2020) to Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), across action and crime. 2 of those films were photographed by Robrecht Heyvaert. All 293 frames from 2 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (born January 4, 1986) are Belgian film and television directors of Moroccan descent. The duo, collectively billed as Adil & Bilall, are known for writing and directing the feature films Image (2014), Black (2015), and Gangsta (2018), as well as directing Bad Boys for Life (2020) and the upcoming Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), the third and fourth installments of the Bad Boys franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
Born 30 June 1988 · Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium
Directing style
Adil El Arbi builds a tense, chaotic atmosphere by framing characters in tight medium shots and closeups with a shallow depth of field that separates them from their environments. Visuals are dominated by night interiors and exteriors, utilizing a high-contrast teal-and-orange color grade alongside cool, desaturated tones, with practical sources, neon, and low-sun golden hour light carving out the frames. The camera maintains a grounded perspective, relying heavily on eye-level angles with occasional low-angle shifts to anchor the high-energy crime and action blocking.
Awards
- Louis Paul Boon Award · 2016
- Brusseleir van’t joêr · 2015
Films directed by Adil El Arbi
About Adil El Arbi
When was Adil El Arbi born?
Adil El Arbi was born on 30 June 1988 in Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium.
What films has Adil El Arbi directed?
FrameThrower holds stills from 2 of them: Bad Boys for Life (2020) and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024).
What awards has Adil El Arbi won?
Louis Paul Boon Award (2016) and Brusseleir van’t joêr (2015).
Search every frame of Adil El Arbi’s films
All 293 indexed frames from 2 films directed by Adil El Arbi — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.