Jamal Belmejdoub
Birth : 1956-11-15, Sidi Kacem, Morocco
History
Director, MOROCCO
Born in SidiKacem in 1956, Jamal Belmajdoub studied film at the Art Institute and the
Diffusion of Brussels (Belgium) and worked as a film critic;
Writer, he participated in writing the script of Moroccan films including "Women ... and
women "by Saad Chraibi (1998) and" Stolen Childhood"by Hakim Noury;
His directing career began with his shorts, "a less" (1994), "Man of Straw" (1996) and "Holy
Night" (1998). The latter won the prize of the press in National Film Festival in 1998.
Author of three feature films: "Yacout" (2000) who won three major awards at the Festival
of African Cinema of Khouribga in 2000, including Best Actor and feminine, "Morrocan
Dream" (2007) and "Meghiss" (2010);
For television, Jamal Belmajdoub has made TV films of the various issues.