A Belgian director, writer, and actor of Moroccan descent, who graduated from LUCA School of Arts in Brussels. His directorial debut was in the short film Broeders (2011). He won several awards at the Ghent and Leuven International Short Film Festivals. He was later awarded the Wildcard grant from the Brussels-based Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, which enabled him to make his 2015 feature film Black. He is known for Gangsta (2018), and Rebel (2022).