Moussa Haddad

Known for

Directing

Born

January 1, 1937

Birthplace

Alger, Algérie

Died

September 17, 2019 (aged 82)

Biography

Moussa Haddad (in Arabic: موسى حداد), born in 1937 in Algiers and died on September 17, 2019 in the same city, is an Algerian film director, screenwriter and producer.

Moussa Haddad made his television debut at RTF. He was then assistant director to Italian director Gilo Pontecorvo on the film The Battle of Algiers released in 1966, and The Stranger by Luchino Visconti (1966), two films produced or co-produced by Casbah Films, the company created by Yacef Saâdi. He was also Enzo Peri's assistant on the film Three Pistols Against Caesar.

In 1967, he joined Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne (RTA) and shot L'Inspecteur Mène L'Enquête (1967), already starring the character of L'inspecteur T...