Med Hondo (1935 - 2019) محمد ميدهوندو

Biography

Mauritanian-Senegalese writer and director born in 1936 to a Mauritanian mother and a Senegalese father in Mauritania. He was educated in Rabat then travelled to France to pursue his career. He appeared in several plays and founded a theater troupe with actors from the Antillean...Read more Islands in 1966. He also appeared in three films before turning to film directing. He directed short films before directing his first feature film Oh, Sun (1969), which depicts the lives of Africans in France. His other works include West Indies (1979), Fatima, the Algerian Woman of Dakar (2004), and Les Bicots-Nègres vos voisins (1974). He died on March 2, 2019 in Paris, France.

- Nationality:
- Morocco
- Date of Birth:
- 4 May 1935
- Died on:
- 2 March 2019

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Filmography

Writer (5)
- - - Fatemah Al Jazaeriyah
    - 2004 - Movie
- - - Gharb El Indies
    - 1979 - Movie
    - (Story & Screenplay)
- - - We Will Have All of Death to Sleep
    - 1976 - Movie
    - (Story & Screenplay)
- - - Arabs and Niggers, Your Neighbours
    - 1974 - Movie
    - (Story & Screenplay)
- - - Oh, Sun
    - 1969 - Movie
    - (Story & Screenplay)
Director (5)
- - - Fatemah Al Jazaeriyah
    - 2004 - Movie
    - (Director)
- - - Gharb El Indies
    - 1979 - Movie
    - (Director)
- - - We Will Have All of Death to Sleep
    - 1976 - Movie
    - (Director)
- - - Arabs and Niggers, Your Neighbours
    - 1974 - Movie
    - (Director)
- - - Oh, Sun
    - 1969 - Movie
    - (Director)
Actor (2)
- - - The Ambassadors
    - 1976 - Movie
- - - A Walk with Love and Death
    - 1969 - Movie

Known for

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Oh, Sun (1969)

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Biographies:

Mauritanian-Senegalese writer and director born in 1936 to a Mauritanian mother and a Senegalese father in Mauritania. He was educated in Rabat then travelled to France to pursue...Read more his career. He appeared in several plays and founded a theater troupe with actors from the Antillean Islands in 1966. He also appeared in three films before turning to film directing. He directed short films before directing his first feature film Oh, Sun (1969), which depicts the lives of Africans in France. His other works include West Indies (1979), Fatima, the Algerian Woman of Dakar (2004), and Les Bicots-Nègres vos voisins (1974). He died on March 2, 2019 in Paris, France.

Nationality:
Morocco

Birth Name:
Abid Mohamed Medoun Hondo

Nickname:
Med Hondo

Date of Birth:
4 May 1935

Died on:
2 March 2019

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