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# Ahmed Rachedi

Producer. Born 1 January 1938 in Tébessa, Algérie.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1938, Tébessa, Algérie
- **Also known as:** أحمد راشدي
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Rachedi_(film_director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2827643, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705085/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/543094

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Z*](https://film.one/film/z.md) (84)

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## Biography

Ahmed Rachedi is an Algerian film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in 1938 in Tébessa, Algeria. He began working in cinema during the Algerian War of Independence as part of the first FLN film unit alongside René Vautier and Mohamed Chanderli, later helping to found the Centre Audiovisuel (CAV) in 1962.

Rachedi served as delegate producer on *Z* (1969), directed by Costa-Gavras, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for Algeria. He directed *L'Opium et le Bâton* (1969), an adaptation of Mouloud Mammeri's novel that screened at Cannes, as well as later features including *Ali au pays des mirages* (1981) and historical biopics such as *Mostefa Ben Boulaïd* (2008).

He directed the National Office for Commerce and the Cinematographic Industry (ONCIC) from its creation until 1971 and later worked as an independent producer. Rachedi has also held advisory roles in Algerian government on culture and audiovisual matters.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Z* (1969), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/z.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Les Sept Remparts De La Citadelle* (2018), Director
- *Lotfi* (2015), Director
- *Krim Belkacem* (2014), Writer, Director
- *Mostefa Ben Boulaïd* (2008), Director
- *L'Aile Noire* (2006), Director
- *Raï Story: From Cheikha Rimitti to Cheba Djenet* (2004), Writer, Director
- *Woman Is Courage* (2003), Writer
- *C'était la guerre* (1993), Director
- *The Mill of M. Fabre* (1983), Writer, Director
- *Ali in Wonderland* (1980), Director, Writer
- *The Farewell Song* (1978), Writer, Director
- *Les Enfants de Novembre* (1975), Producer
- *A Finger in the Works* (1974), Director
- *The Sparrow* (1972), Producer
- *So that Algeria May Live* (1972), Director
- *We Will Return* (1972), Writer
- *Black Sweat* (1971), Producer
- *Opium and the Stick* (1970), Director, Adaptation
- *Z* (1969), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/z.md)
- *Dawn of the Damned* (1965), Director, Writer
- *A People on the March* (1963), Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1970: Best Picture (nominated), for *Z*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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