FILM DIRECTOR

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

1934 - Today

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Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (Arabic: محمد الأخضر حمينة; born in M'sila in 1934) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1975 film Chronicle of the Years of Fire, which won the Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival and became the first Arab and African film to win the award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina has received more than 46,884 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2019). Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina is the 882nd most popular film director (up from 937th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 109th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Algerian Film Director.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.32

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  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina ranks 882 out of 2,041. Before him are Ennio de Concini, Elia Suleiman, Martin McDonagh, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Alex Proyas, and Anthony Harvey. After him are Mitchell Leisen, David Cherkassky, Bob Gale, Mikael Håfström, Jean Grémillon, and Régis Wargnier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina ranks 295. Before him are Lester R. Brown, Sugathakumari, Anne Haney, Piet Dankert, Claudio Scimone, and John Keegan. After him are Galina Bystrova, Stanley G. Payne, Settela Steinbach, Hamit Kaplan, Joanna Moore, and Anna Kashfi.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina ranks 110 out of 213. Before him are Biyouna (1952), Ali Benflis (1944), Jean-Pierre Bacri (1951), Boualem Sansal (1949), Solveig Dommartin (1961), and Rachid Mekhloufi (1936). After him are Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (1927), Kad Merad (1964), Mustapha Dahleb (1952), Lounès Matoub (1956), Islam Slimani (1988), and Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani (1927).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Algeria

Among film directors born in Algeria, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina ranks 3. Before him are Tony Gatlif (1948), and Thelma Schoonmaker (1940). After him are Kad Merad (1964).

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