
Faouzi Bensaïdi
Known for department: Directing
Birthday: 1967-03-14
Place of birth: Meknès, Morocco
Biography
Faouzi Bensaïdi, born 14 March 1967, is a Moroccan film director, actor, screenwriter and artist. His film A THOUSAND MONTHS (2003) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007 and 2009 he has taken part in the Arts in Marrakech Festival showing and discussing his films and installations. In 2011, his film DEATH FOR SALE premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
Known for

Death for Sale
2011Inspector debbaz
WWW: What a Wonderful World
2006Kamel
Goodbye Morocco
2013Ali
My Dad is not Dead
2023Wind Horse
2002Driss
Mektoub
1997Kamal Raoui
Dheepan
2015Monsieur Habib
The Blessed
2017Amine
Sofia
2018Faouzi
Far Away
2001
Volubilis
2017Si Mohamed
Braids
2000
Saint Laurent
2014Butler
Lola Pater
2017Le sheikh
It Must Be Heaven
2019Man Running From Police
A Thousand Months
2003Samir