Souheil Ben-Barka

His 1983 film Amok won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1987 he was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.

• Name — Souheil Ben-Barka • Born — 25 December 1942 • Birthplace — Timbuktu, French Sudan • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter, film producer • Years Active — 1972-present • Notable Works — Amok

He was born in 1942 in Timbuktu, French Sudan. His father was a rich Moroccan merchant, and his mother was of Lebanese origin, her mother was of Armenian descent. He left Timbuktu at the age of 16. He spent a few years in Morocco before going to finish his higher education at Rome, Italy. One day in 1962, he happened to attend a film shooting on the street, the Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini was directing 8½. After this he decided to devote himself to the filmmaking. He studied sociology and got a bachelor's degree, then he studied at the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome.

• Year — Title — Credited as — Notes • Director — Screenwriter — Producer • 1972 — A Thousand and One Hands • 1975 — La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu • 1977 — Blood Wedding • 1981 — Trances — Co-producer • 1982 — Amok — Co-writer with Michel Constantin and François Rabaté • 1990 — The Battle of the Three Kings — Co-director with Uchkun Nazarov • 1996 — L'Ombre du pharaon — Co-writer with Adriano Bolzoni • 2002 — Les amants de Mogador — Co-writer with Bernard Stora Co-producer with Andrea De Liberato • 2019 — De sable et de feu — Co-writer with Monica Giansanti and Bernard Stora Co-producer with Marco Gaudenzi