Ahmed El Maânouni

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Ahmed El Maânouni

Directing 81 November 25, 1944

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 ha…

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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.

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  1. 2016
    La Main de Fadma

    Movie Writer

  2. 2007
    Burned Hearts

    Movie Director

  3. 2007
    Satan's Angels

    Movie Ouali

  4. 2007
  5. 2006
  6. 1993
    Les goumiers marocains

    Movie Interviewer/Narrator

  7. 1982
    Illusions

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 1982
    Trances

    Movie Director

  9. 1978
    Oh the Days!

    Movie Director