Malek Bensmaïl
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-01-01 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Constantine, Algérie
Also known As
مالك بن اسماعيل
Malek Bensmaïl
Biography
Malek Bensmaïl (in Arabic: مالك بن اسماعيل), born in 1966 in Constantine, Algeria, is an Algerian director and screenwriter. In the 1980s, in Algeria, he made essay films in super 8. After studying cinema in Paris followed by an internship in the Lenfilm studios in Saint Petersburg, he devoted his filmography to documentaries, entirely committed to Algeria. Through his films of reality, he draws the contours of a complex humanity: democracy, modernity-tradition, language, identity, society. In 1996, he released Territoire(s), a documentary essay on archaic violence in the Arab world and post-modern violence in the West, the film won the Lou...
Production
2001
as Director
2001
as Writer
2001
as Director
2004
as Director
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as Screenplay
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as Director
2002
as Director
2002
as Writer
2016
as Director
2005
as Director
2005
as Cinematography
2005
as Producer
2001
as Writer
2001
as Producer
2001
as Writer
2004
as Director of Photography
2004
as Writer
2017
as Director
2013
2010
as Director
2010
as Writer
1996
as Director
1998
as Director
2001
as Director
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