Émile Azouri is an actor, director of photography, assistant director, and a model. He was born on October 25, 2001 in Laval, Canada, to Samia Mamarbachi, a nurse, and Naji Azouri, a dentist. Émile has an older sister, Christelle Azouri, a dental hygienist. He lives in Montreal where he studied in theatrical drama schools since he was seven years old. He has Mediterranean origins, Lebanese on his father side and Syrian on his mother's. He describes his childhood as "normal" in a middle class family. Émile speaks fluent French, English, and Arabic.His family was not fully aware and satisfied of his career choice due to the fact that Émile is the only one in his entire family who is dedicated to cinema and who has been working in the industry since his youth, unlike the other members of his family who are in the health field. He was frequently in plays and has also worked in theaters. He then started taking acting classes at the age of seven and pursued it throughout high school. His father gave him permission to start his acting career at the age of 12. Before this age, he did not let him miss school days for filming because he did not approve his career choice. In 2015, his drama teacher, Sylvie Trudel, recommended Émile to an American agent. Subsequently, he obtained small roles in movies and in Canadian & American television shows. By frequently being on various movie sets, Émile discovered a passion for the back stage and decided to invest more of his time in cinematographic techniques.Since the age of seven years, Émile started playing several musicals at the Theater Academy of St. Marceline. He made his first appearance in 2014 on the big screen in the X-Men saga: Days of Future Past and Apocalypse by Bryan Singer. Since, he played silent roles in certain American and Canadian productions. He is best known for his main role in the movie "Le Soldat De Plomb" and his appearances as a silent role in some Canadian and American productions such as X-Men Apocalypse, Aquaslash, Happy Death Day , "L'Heure Bleue", "Victor Lessard 2", "Coup De Foudre À Jaipur", "Demain Des Hommes", "Clem", "Junior Majeur" and more. Despite his young age, we can distinct him from others because of his talent in photography and his direction jobs in various Canadian film productions like: Andi Mack, Hacksaw Ridge, The Greatest Showman, The Fosters, The 5th Wave, The Maze Runner and "Les innocents". To further add, as well as being the youngest technical apprentice of "Maison De Radio-Canada" only at the age of 16.Since the beginning of his path, Émile no longer attends school on a frequent basis, because of his daily presence on movie sets. Azouri changed schools six times during his youth due to his film projects on the technical and acting side. However, he continues his education with a private teacher and in doing home school. He declares that he wants to pursue his university studies in cinema. Show less «