FILM DIRECTOR

Med Hondo

1936 - 2019

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Med Hondo (born Mohamed Abid; 4 May 1935 – 2 March 2019) was a Mauritanian-born French director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Considered a founding father of African cinema, he is known for his controversial films dealing with issues such as race relations and colonization. His critically acclaimed 1970 directorial début feature, Soleil O, received the Golden Leopard award at the 1970 Locarno International Film Festival and was chosen in 2019 by the African Film Heritage Project for restoration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Med Hondo has received more than 94,279 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Med Hondo is the 1,012th most popular film director (down from 962nd in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Med Hondo ranks 1,012 out of 2,041. Before him are Shinya Tsukamoto, Chris Wedge, Preston Sturges, Ruth Orkin, Janusz Kamiński, and Randall Wallace. After him are Larry Cohen, John Alcott, Dominic Sena, Pyotr Todorovsky, Konstantin Lopushansky, and Peter Fleischmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Med Hondo ranks 362. Before him are Néstor Gonçalves, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Gerald Guralnik, Michał Heller, Vladimir Maslachenko, and James Jamerson. After him are Larry Cohen, John Shalikashvili, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, John P. Ryan, James Lee Burke, and Hans Zender. Among people deceased in 2019, Med Hondo ranks 311. Before him are George Fernandes, Robert Ryman, Jerrie Cobb, Patricia Bath, Ismail Petra of Kelantan, and Egon Zimmermann. After him are Larry Cohen, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Billy McNeill, Ayşen Gruda, Ron Leibman, and Mirjam Pressler.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Med Hondo ranks 109 out of 264. Before him are Abdallah Ibrahim (1918), Yasmine Lafitte (1973), Ahmed Laraki (1931), Azzeddine Laraki (1929), Mohamed Timoumi (1960), and Driss Bamous (1942). After him are Hussein Ammouta (1969), Maati Bouabid (1927), Muriel Barbery (1969), Allal Benkassou (1941), Abdelkrim Merry (1955), and Alber Elbaz (1961).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Morocco

Among film directors born in Morocco, Med Hondo ranks 1. After him are Robin Campillo (1962).

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Filmography

Oh, Sun
Director
An educated native of Mauritania tries to find work in Paris but encounters difficulty because of his race.
Jan 4o 19736.7 / 10
West Indies
Director
Aboard a giant slave ship in an abandoned Citroën factory, the history of the West Indies is traced through several centuries of French oppression. The ship becomes a stage for the people to tell stories via song and dance—from their enslavement to their displacement in Metropolitan France.
Jan 2o 19795.8 / 10
Sarraounia
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On 2 January 1899, starting from the French Sudan, a French column under the command of the captains Voulet and Chanoine is sent against the black Sultan Rabah in what is now the Cameroon. Those captains and their African mercenary troops destroy and kill everything they find on their path. The French authorities try to stop them sending orders and a second troop but the captains kill the emissaries who reach them. Sarraounia, queen of the Aznas, have heard about the exactions. Clever in war tactics and in witchcraft, she decides to resist and stop those mad men.
Jul 1o 19865.8 / 10