Rabah Laradji

Known for

Directing

Born

January 1, 1943 (age 83)

Birthplace

Bordj Menaïel, Algéria

Biography

Rabah Laradji (رباح. لارادجي), born in 1943 in Bordj Menaïel (wilaya of Boumerdès) in Algeria, is an Algerian film director and screenwriter.

He studied film at the INC (National Institute of Cinema of Algiers 1964-1966) in Ben Aknoun, in the western suburbs of Algiers. The school produced the only cohort of filmmakers such as Farouk Beloufa, Sid Ali Mazif, Merzak Allouache, Mohammed Lamine Merbah, and Sid Ali Fettar before its closure.

After graduating, Rabah Laradji was admitted to the ONCIC (National Office for Cinema Commerce and Industry) as an assistant director. He contributed to the production of several feature films, both documentaries and fiction. He directed his first short f...