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Hamid Benani

Hamid Benani

Known for

Directing

Born

November 5, 1942 (age 83)

Birthplace

Meknès, Morocco

Biography

Moroccan actor and director, born on November 5, 1942 in Meknes, obtained a BA in Philosophy from the Faculty of Arts in Rabat. He graduated from the Institute of Higher Film Studies in Paris. Bennani worked as the head of the foreign relations department for Moroccan radio and television from 1968 to 1970, then he founded with the great late Ahmed Al-Bouanani, veteran filmmaker and experimenter Mohamed Abdel Rahman Al-Tazi and Mohamed Al-Sakat the production company (Sikma 3), as previously mentioned Hamid Bennani is installed as president of the Moroccan Chamber of Film Producers.

Filmmaker Hamid Bennani directed many short, documentary and long films, both cinematic and television, in th...

Best known work

Traces

Traces

1971
A Prayer for the Absent

A Prayer for the Absent

1995
Illusion in the mirror

Illusion in the mirror

2001

Filmography

  1. 2001

    Illusion in the mirror

    Director

  2. 1995

    A Prayer for the Absent

    Director, Writer

  3. 1971

    Traces

    Writer, Director

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