In the history of cinema, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina as Algerian film director.
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina was born at M'Sila in 1934. His recorded nationality is Algeria.
This generation broke the studio mould - lighter cameras, location shooting, and directors who claimed authorship of the finished film.
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina is credited as film director, film producer and screenwriter.
His name is attached above all to 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 fi. Cinema keeps its people visible long after the industry that produced them has changed shape.
That the work was made from Algeria shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina died in 2025, aged 91. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Worked as film director, film producer and screenwriter
