| Souheil Ben-Barka | |
| Birth Date: | 25 December 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Timbuktu, Mali |
| Nationality: | Moroccan |
| Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter, film producer |
| Yearsactive: | 1972-present |
| Notable Works: | Amok |
Souheil Ben-Barka (born 25 December 1942) is a Moroccan film director, screenwriter and film producer.[1] 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.[2] His 1983 film Amok won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.[3] In 1987 he was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.[4]
He was born in 1942 in Timbuktu, Mali. His father was a rich Moroccan merchant, and his mother was of Lebanese origin, her mother was of Armenian descent.[5] [6] 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.[7] He studied sociology and got a Bachelor's degree, then he studied at the Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome.[8] [9]
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Screenwriter | Producer | ||||
| 1972 | A Thousand and One Hands | |||||
| 1975 | La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu | |||||
| 1977 | Blood Wedding | |||||
| 1981 | Trances | Co-producer | ||||
| 1982 | Amok | Co-writer with Michel Constantin and François Rabaté | ||||
| 1990 | The Battle of the Three Kings | Co-director with Uchkun Nazarov | ||||
| 1996 | L'Ombre du pharaon | Co-writer with Adriano Bolzoni | ||||
| 2002 | Les amants de Mogador | Co-writer with Bernard Stora Co-producer with Andrea De Liberato | ||||
| 2019 | De sable et de feu | Co-writer with Monica Giansanti and Bernard Stora Co-producer with Marco Gaudenzi | ||||