Souheil Ben-Barka | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Moroccan |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, film producer |
Years active | 1972-present |
Notable work | Amok |
Souheil Ben-Barka (born 25 December 1942) is a Moroccan film director, screenwriter and film producer. [1] He directed seven films between 1974 and 2002. His 1975 film La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. [2] His 1983 film Amok won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. [3] In 1987 he was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival. [4]
He was born in 1942 in Timbuktu, Mali. His father was a rich Moroccan merchant, and his mother was of Lebanese origin, her mother was of Armenian descent. [5] [6] 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. [7] He studied sociology and got a Bachelor's degree, then he studied at the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome. [8] [9]
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Director | Screenwriter | Producer | |||
1972 | A Thousand and One Hands | Yes | Yes | No | |
1975 | La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu | Yes | Yes | No | |
1977 | Blood Wedding | Yes | Yes | No | |
1981 | Trances | No | No | Yes | Co-producer |
1982 | Amok | Yes | Yes | No | Co-writer with Michel Constantin and François Rabaté |
1990 | The Battle of the Three Kings | Yes | Yes | No | Co-director with Uchkun Nazarov |
1996 | L'Ombre du pharaon | Yes | Yes | No | Co-writer with Adriano Bolzoni |
2002 | Les amants de Mogador | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-writer with Bernard Stora Co-producer with Andrea De Liberato |
2019 | De sable et de feu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-writer with Monica Giansanti and Bernard Stora Co-producer with Marco Gaudenzi |
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