Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-02-26 (91 years old)

Deathday

2025-05-23

Place of Birth

M'sila, Algeria

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Biography

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (born in M'sila in 1934) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1975 film Chronicle of the Years of Fire. He is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Arabic cinema. Born in 1934 at M'Sila, Algeria, Lakhdar began his studies in his native country. He first became interested in the world of cinema at the Lycée Carnot in Cannes, France. After beginning studies of agriculture and law at French universities, he deserted the French Army in 1958 and joined the anti-French Algerian Resistance in Tunisia, where he worked for the provisional Algerian government in exile. His film car...

Acting

1987

1975

Chronicle of the Year of Embers

as Miloud, Le conteur

1986

Last Image

as Oncle Amar

Production

1975

1967

Hassan Terro

as Writer

1967

Hassan Terro

as Cinematography

1961

Sawt Echaâb

as Director

1967

The Winds of the Aures

as Camera Operator

1965

Frozen Image

as Cinematography

1965

Frozen Image

as Director

1965

Frozen Image

as Writer

1982

Sandstorm

as Director

1986

Last Image

as Director

1967

1986

Last Image

as Writer

1973

December

as Director

1967

Hassan Terro

as Director

1983

Le Bal

as Producer

1982

Sandstorm

as Writer

1973

December

as Writer

1973

December

as Dialogue

1961

Yasmina

as Director

1961

Guns of Freedom

as Director

1961

Sawt Echaâb

as Writer

2014

1970

Ramparts of Clay

as Producer

1959

Our Algeria

as Director

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