| Ahmed El Maanouni | |
| Birth Name: | Ahmed El Maanouni |
| Birth Date: | 25 November 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Nationality: | Moroccan |
| Occupation: | Film director, producer, actor, screenwriter, cinematographer |
| Awards: | Winner 1st Film Award at Carthage Film Festival |
| Known For: | Trances Alyam, Alyam Les Coeurs brûlés |
Ahmed El Maanouni (born in 1944) is a Moroccan screenwriter, film director, cinematographer, actor and producer. His films include Alyam Alyam (1978),[1] the first Moroccan film to be selected in Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Grand Prize at the Mannheim Film Festival.[2] He caught international attention when his film Trances was honored and presented by Martin Scorsese at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival to inaugurate the World Cinema Foundation.[3] His film Les Coeurs brûlés (2007) won the Grand Prize at the National Film Festival and was awarded many international prizes.[4] His documentary films consistently interrogate colonial history and its impact on Moroccan memory. He directs study groups and educational programs in Morocco and throughout the world. In 2007, he was honored with the title of Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France.[5]
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Screenwriter | Producer | Cinematographer | ||||
| 1978 | Alyam, Alyam | ||||||
| 1978 | A Breach in the Wall | directed by Jillali Ferhati | |||||
| 1981 | Trances | Documentary film | |||||
| 1982 | Queen Lear | directed by Mokhtar Chorfi | |||||
| 1982 | Illusions | directed by Julie Dash | |||||
| 1984 | Les yeux du golfe | Documentary short film | |||||
| 1993 | Moroccan Goumiers | ||||||
| 2006 | La Fiction du Protectorat: Maroc-France, une Histoire Commune Part 1 | Documentary film | |||||
| 2007 | Les coeurs brûlés | ||||||
| 2016 | Julie-Aicha | ||||||