Directing
Ahmed El Maânouni
AR, FR, EN cinema · 9 credits
Born
25 November 1944 (age 81)
Birthplace
Casablanca, Morocco
Ahmed El Maanouni (born in 25 November 1944 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and film producer. He has directed a number of films that have become landmarks in the history of Moroccan cinema, his film "oh the days!" (1978) is the first Moroccan film to be selected in Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Grand Prize at the Mannheim Film Festival, He caught international attention when his film "Trances" (1982) was honored and presented by Martin Scorsese at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival to inaugurate the World Cinema Foundation.
Known for
Filmography
La Main de Fadma
Writer, Director
Satan's Angels
as Ouali, as Le Wali
Burned Hearts
Director, Writer
Conversations with Driss Chraïbi
Director, Writer
Morocco–France: A Shared History
Writer, Director
Les goumiers marocains
as Interviewer/Narrator, Director
Trances
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Illusions
Director of Photography
Oh the Days!
Director, Writer