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Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Director · Born 1934-02-26 · M'sila, Algeria

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Biography

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (26 February 1934 – 23 May 2025) was an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 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 film to win the award. He is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Arabic cinema. Born on 26 February 1934 at M'Sila, Algeria, Lakhdar began his studies in his native country. He first became interested in the world of cinema at the Lycée Carnot in Cannes, France. After beginning studies of agriculture and law at French universities, he deserted the French Army in 1958 and joined the anti-French Algerian Resistance in Tunisia, where he worked for the provisional Algerian government in exile. His film career began as he joined the Algerian Maquis (guerrillas). In 1959, the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) sent him to Prague, where he pursued his cinematography studies at the cinema school, Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the Czech academy for cinema and television. However, he quit his studies in order to work for the Barrandov Studios. Also in 1959, the Algerian min…

Directed

  1. Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975) — Director
  2. The Winds of the Aures (1967) — Director
  3. Hassan Terro (1967) — Director
  4. Sandstorm (1982) — Director
  5. December (1973) — Director
  6. Our Algeria (1959) — Director
  7. Sawt Echaâb (1961) — Director
  8. Last Image (1986) — Director
  9. Yasmina (1961) — Director
  10. Guns of Freedom (1961) — Director
  11. Twilight of Shadows (2014) — Director
  12. Frozen Image (1965) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. An Officer and a Spy (2019) — Bachir
  2. Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975) — Miloud, Le conteur
  3. Arab Camera (1987) — Self
  4. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
  5. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
  6. Last Image (1986) — Oncle Amar
  7. De droomproducenten (1984) — Self
  8. One Hero, The People (2026) — Self (archive footage)
  9. Ciné regards (1978) — Self