Rachid Benhadj

Rachid Benhadj
Born12 July 1949 (1949-07-12) (age 75)
Algiers, Algeria
Occupation(s)film director

Mohamed Rachid Benhadj (Arabic: رشيد بن حاج, born 12 July 1949) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Algiers, Benhadj studied architecture and cinema at the University of Paris.[1] He made his professional debut working for the Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne as a documentarist.[2] His feature film debut Louss (aka Desert Rose, 1989) received wide critical acclaim.[3][4] In the 1990s he decided to settle permanently in Italy.[1][3] Starting with his second film Touchia, his films got more socially and politically committed.[1][3] He is also a painter.[1]

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)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ginsberg, Terri; Lippard, Chris (11 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-8108-7364-3.
  2. ^ Ginsberg, Terri; Lippard, Chris (2020). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 91–2. ISBN 978-1-5381-3905-9.
  3. ^ a b c Armes, Roy (2018). Roots of the New Arab Film. Indiana University Press. pp. 30–2. ISBN 978-0-253-03173-0.
  4. ^ Armes, Roy (2005). Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-253-21744-8.