About

Known credits:
12
Birthday:
1943-01-01
Place of birth:
Alger, Algérie
Website:
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Sid Ali Mazif

Overview

Sid Ali Mazif (سيد علي مزيف), is an Algerian director, born in 1943 in Algiers.

After starting as an assistant on the set of Twenty Years in Algiers by Marc Sator, Sid Ali Mazif studied at the Ben Aknoun National Cinema Institute, near Algiers. As part of his training, he made his first short films between 1965 and 1966. He then joined the future ONCIC for which he shot documentaries such as La Cueillette des Oranges and Le Paludisme en Algérie (1967). He also collaborated on two important collective films of Algerian cinema: Hell at Ten Years (1968) on the experience of children during the war of liberation and Récits de la Révolution (1970). His first feature film, Black Sweat tells the story of the repression of a miners' strike during colonialism. Les Nomades (1975) addresses the delicate problem of the necessary sedentarization of tribes.

Since Leila and the Others (1977), Sid Ali Mazif has campaigned, through his films, for the improvement of the condition of women in his country.

Known for

Directing
1986 Huria Directing Director 59
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1982 I Exist Directing Director N/A
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1977 Leila and the Others Directing Director 59
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1976 The Nomads Directing Director 59
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1972 So that Algeria May Live Directing Director 59
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1971 Black Sweat Directing Director 59
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1969 Stories of the Revolution Directing Director 59
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1968 Hell is Ten Years Old Directing Director 59
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Writing
1986 Huria Writing Adaptation 59
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1977 Leila and the Others Writing Writer 59
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1976 The Nomads Writing Writer 59
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1971 Black Sweat Writing Writer 59
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