Hicham Lasri (; born April 13, 1977) is a Moroccan comics artist, film director, novelist, producer and screenwriter. He has a special imprint on Moroccan cinema, as his films often deal with topics that are considered taboo in Moroccan society with great boldness.
Biography Lasri was born on April 13, 1977, in Casablanca. He grew up in a family of five brothers and a sister. After obtaining a law degree, he changed orientation and began a career of the playwright. He was a student of the screenwriter Emmanuelle Sardou and the filmmaker Hassan Leghzouli. Then he did an internship supervised by Sylvie Bailly, which allowed him to deepen his training on Sitcoms.
Career He became the protégé of Nabil Ayouch and wrote his first screenplay in 2002 for one of his films, La légende d'Arhaz, while also being the screenwriter of Lahcen Zinoun for La beauté éparpillée (2006).
From 2004 to 2006, he worked as director of writing in Nabil Ayouch's company, Ali n’prod, he remained so between April 2006 and June 2007, for the "Film Industry" project. He worked also as an artistic director and took the opportunity to direct Le peuple de l’horloge, an 81-minute fiction.
In 2010, he co-produced Terminus des anges with Narjiss Nejjar and Mohamed Mouftakir. His first solo feature film was The end, produced by Lamia Chraibi and her company La Prod.
In his second movie, C'est eux les chiens... (2013), he made the parallel between the Moroccan riots of 1981 and the February 20 Movement. All in the form of a rather nervous docufiction. After being selected at ACID in Cannes, the film was screened at 32 other international festivals between 2013 and 2015, including FESPACO, Malmo and the Carthage Film Festival. Lasri's other films were also selected four times at the Berlinale between 2014 and 2018.
His first Documentary, Nayda?, looks back at the 2000s Moroccan "Nayda" movement, likened to the Spanish Movida.
Personal life In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Lasri signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.
Works Filmography
Films YearTitleCredited asNotesDirectorScreenwriterProducerCinematographer2002Géométrie Du Remords Short film2003Rahma directed by Driss Chraïbi2004Ali J'nah Freestyle short film, produced by Nabil Ayouch2005Lunati(K)a short film2005Jardin des Rides short film2006Heart Edges Directed by Hicham AyouchCo-writer with Hicham Ayouch2007Tissée de mains et d'étoffe Directed by Omar Chraïbi2007La beauté éparpillée Directed by Lahcen ZinounCo-writer with Lahcen Zinoun and Fatima Loukili2010Terminus des anges Co-director with Narjiss Nejjar and Mohamed MouftakirCo-writer with Narjiss Nejjar, Mohamed Mouftakir and Mehdi Ben Attia2011The End First feature film2011Android Short video2013C'est eux les chiens... 2013Ymma Directed and produced by Rachid El Ouali2014The Sea Is Behind Co-producer with Lamia Chraibi2015Starve Your Dog 2017Headbang Lullaby 2018Jahilya 2018Yto Directed by Noureddine Ayouch 2019Love in Aleppo Short film2019Nayda? Documentary film2023Coup de tampon Directed by Rachid El Ouali Co-writer with Rachid El Ouali2023Moroccan Badass Girl Co-producer with Achraf Saad2026Thank You Satan Produced by Lamia Chraibi
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2006Tiwarga Art directorTelevision film2007L'os de ferDirector, writerTelevision film2008TiphinaRDirector, writerTelevision film2008Houti HoutaArt directorTelevision film2009Le peuple de l’horlogeDirector, writerTelevision film2009la famille marche à l’ombreDirector, writerTelevision film Co-Writer with Youssef Karami2016Nhar ZwineDirector, writerTelevision film2017Moul Al-IhsaDirectorTelevision film2018Fok SehhabDirector, writerTelevision series2019Hami Wlad AamiDirectorTelevision series2022Lotfi NhilaDirector, writerTelevision miniseries Co-Director with Hamza Atifi
Web series Year Title Notes June 2016No Vaseline Fatwa 33 episodes July 2016 Khal Rass (les basanés) 6 episodesNovember 2016Bissara Overdose7 episodes December 2016 Caca-Mind 5 episodes
Novels
Graphic novels
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