Rachid Benhadj
Mohamed Rachid Benhadj (born 12 July 1949) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter.
Also recorded as Rachid Mohamed · Mohamed Rachid Benhadj
Rachid Benhadj
- Name
- Rachid Benhadj
- Born
- 12 July 1949
- Birthplace
- Algiers, Algeria
- Occupation
- film director
- Full name
- Rachid Mohamed.
- Nationality
- Algeria.
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Mohamed Rachid Benhadj (born 12 July 1949) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter.
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Rachid Benhadj (born 1949) is a film director and screenwriter, a national of Algeria. The film director was born Rachid Mohamed in Algiers.
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• Name — Rachid Benhadj • Born — 12 July 1949 • Birthplace — Algiers, Algeria • Occupation — film director
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Algiers, Benhadj studied architecture and cinema at the University of Paris. He made his professional debut working for the Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne as a documentarist. His feature film debut Louss (aka Desert Rose, 1989) received wide critical acclaim. In the 1990s he decided to settle permanently in Italy. Starting with his second film Touchia, his films got more socially and politically committed. He is also a painter.
Filmography
Filmography
• Louss (1988) • Touchia (1992) • L'ultima cena (1995) • Mirka (2000) • For Bread Alone (2006) • Parfumes of Algiers (2012) • The Star of Algiers (2016) • Matarès (2019)
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- 1.Ginsberg, Terri. Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Scarecrow Press. 58. 11 March 2010. 978-0-8108-7364-3.
- 2.Ginsberg, Terri. Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. 91–2. 2020. 978-1-5381-3905-9.
- 3.Armes, Roy. Roots of the New Arab Film. Indiana University Press. 30–2. 2018. 978-0-253-03173-0.
- 4.Armes, Roy. Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press. 42. 2005. 978-0-253-21744-8.
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