Latif Lahlou
Latif Lahlou (born 3 April 1939 in El Jadida) is a Moroccan filmmaker.
Latif Lahlou
- Name
- Latif Lahlou
- Born
- 3 April 1939
- Birthplace
- El Jadida
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Languages
- French
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Latif Lahlou (born 3 April 1939 in El Jadida) is a Moroccan filmmaker.
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Latif Lahlou (born 1939) is a film director, film producer and screenwriter. Languages used include French.
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Key facts
• Name — Latif Lahlou • Born — 3 April 1939 • Birthplace — El Jadida • Citizenship — Moroccan • Occupation — Filmmaker • Notable Works — Soleil de printemps
Career
Career
After training in film at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in 1959, Lahlou studied sociology at the Sorbonne. He edited multiple short films in the 1960s. He then joined the CCM (national film center), where he worked as an editor and producer for short films. He participated in the financing of Souheil Benbarka's La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu. He has directed a number of feature films throughout the decades.
Documentaries
Documentaries
• 1963: Cultivez la Betterave (as editor) • 1966: Fourrage (as writer) • 1967: Sin Agafaye (as writer) • 1968: De Cote de la Tassaout
Life and career
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Life and career
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1939
Latif Lahlou born at El Jadida.
Feature films (as director)
• 1969: Soleil de printemps • 1986: La compromission • 2007: Les jardins de Samira • 2010: La grande villa • 2014: L'anniversaire
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- 2.Latif Lahlou. Télérama.fr.
- 3.Hommage à Latif Lahlou. Aujourd'hui le Maroc.
- 4.Latif Lahlou: "Un code pour sauver le cinéma de sa crise". L'Economiste. 2018-03-26.
- 5.Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. 2008. 978-0-253-35116-6.
- 6.Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. 2008. 978-0-253-35116-6.
- 7.KARTHALA Editions. Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire. 2000-01-01. 978-2-84586-060-5.
- 8.Leaman, Oliver. Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. 2003-12-16. 978-1-134-66251-7.
- 9.Ginsberg, Terri. Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Scarecrow Press. 2010-03-11. 978-0-8108-7364-3.
- 10.Carter, Sandra Gayle. What Moroccan Cinema?: A Historical and Critical Study, 1956D2006. Lexington Books. 2009-08-16. 978-0-7391-3187-9.
- 11.Shafik, Viola. Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity. American Univ in Cairo Press. 2007. 978-977-416-065-3.
- 12.Les jardins de Samira. Festival des 3 Continents.
- 13.Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Britannica Book of the Year 2008. 2008-05-01. 978-1-59339-494-3.
- 14.Gugler, Josef. Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative Dissidence. University of Texas Press. 2011-01-15. 978-0-292-72327-6.
- 15.filmnat14. www.ccm.ma.
- 16.Le Matin - Quand Latif Lahlou fête son "Anniversaire". Le Matin.
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