Directing
Community Rating
6.5
TMDB estimate
Born
March 14, 1967 (age 59)
Born in
Meknès, Morocco
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.

Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?
as Director
2024

My Dad is not Dead
2023

Deserts
as L'épicier, Director, Screenplay, Editor
2023

Interactions - When Cinema Looks to Nature
as Director, Script
2022

Summer Days
as Screenplay, Director, Editor
2022

It Must Be Heaven
as Man Running From Police
2019

A Sunny Day
as Director, Writer, Editor
2019

Interdependence
as Writer, Editor, Director
2019

Sofia
as Faouzi
2018

The Blessed
as Amine
2017

Lola Pater
as Le sheikh
2017

Volubilis
as Si Mohamed, Director, Producer, Writer
2017

Dheepan
as Monsieur Habib
2015

Saint Laurent
as Butler
2014

Short Plays
as Director
2014

Goodbye Morocco
as Ali
2013

Death for Sale
as Inspector debbaz, Writer, Director
2011

WWW: What a Wonderful World
as Kamel, Director, Writer
2006

A Thousand Months
as Samir, Director, Screenplay
2003
Wind Horse
as Driss
2002