Biography
Ahmed Bouanani (Casablanca, 16 November 1938 - Demnate, 6 February 2011) was a Moroccan film director, poet and novelist. He was best known from the 1979 film The Mirage, which featured as no.61 on the list of the best and most important 100 Arabic films commissioned by the 10th Dubai International Film Festival in 2013.
In 1983 he also made a comic strip for the newspaper Al Maghrib.
In addition to filmmaking, Bouanini wrote three collections of poetry and one novel, The Hospital, translated into English by Lara Vergnaud and published by New Directions in 2018.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
The snail
Role: Original Film Writer
MOVIE • 2024
The Shell Necklace
Role: Scenario Writer
MOVIE • 2008
Wind Horse
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2002
Entre l'absence et l'oubli
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1993
Naïtou, the Orphan Girl
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1982
From the Other Side of the River
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1982
Mirage
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1979
Mirage
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
Mirage
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1979
al-Kanfoudi
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1978
The Four Sources
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1977
The Four Sources
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
The Four Sources
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1977
Traces
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1971
Memory 14
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1971
Memory 14
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1971
The Devil's Treasure
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1970
Six and Twelve
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1968
Six and Twelve
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1968
Six and Twelve
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1968