Souheil Ben-Barka (born 25 December 1942) is a Moroccan film director, screenwriter and film producer. 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. His 1983 film Amok won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1987 he was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.
Biography He was born in 1942 in Timbuktu, French Sudan. His father was a rich Moroccan merchant, and his mother was of Lebanese origin, her mother was of Armenian descent. 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. He studied sociology and got a bachelor's degree, then he studied at the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome.
Filmography YearTitleCredited asNotesDirectorScreenwriterProducer1972A Thousand and One Hands 1975La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu 1977Blood Wedding 1981Trances Co-producer1982Amok Co-writer with Michel Constantin and François Rabaté1990The Battle of the Three Kings Co-director with Uchkun Nazarov1996L'Ombre du pharaon Co-writer with Adriano Bolzoni2002Les amants de Mogador Co-writer with Bernard StoraCo-producer with Andrea De Liberato2019De sable et de feu Co-writer with Monica Giansanti and Bernard StoraCo-producer with Marco Gaudenzi
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