Madih Belaid
Madih Belaïd مديح بالعيد | |
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| Born | Madih Belaïd January 1, 1974 |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Alma mater | Maghrebian Institute of Cinema |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse | Rim Riahi |
Madih Belaïd (born 1 January 1974), is a Tunisian filmmaker. He is best known as the director of critically acclaimed television serials and feature films Naouret El Hawa, Al Akaber and Allo.[1]
Personal life[edit]
He was born on 1 January 1974 in Sousse, Tunisia. He is married to Tunisian actress Rim Riahi where the couple has three children.
Career[edit]
He studied filmmaking at the Maghrebian Institute of Cinema in Tunis from 1994 to 1997. After various internships in audiovisual and directing, he became assistant director on several shoots in Tunisia and abroad and took part in scriptwriting workshops in France, Germany and Morocco.[1] In 1996, he wrote and directed first short films: Tout bouille rien ne bouge. Then he directed his graduation film, Croix X in 2006 as the second short. With the success of the two shorts, he made his third short L'Ascenseur in 2007 and later Allô in 2008.[2]
In 2014, he received the prize for best production for the soap opera Naouret El Hawa at the Romdhane Awards awarded by Mosaïque FM.[3] In the same year, he was appointed as a jury member for the second edition of the Les Nuits du court métrage Tunisien festival in Paris.[4] In 2016, he won the award for Best Director for the soap opera Al Akaber at the Romdhane Awards.[5]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Film | Writer | Role | Genre | Ref. | |
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| 1996 | Everything is boiling. Nothing is moving | Director | movie | |||
| 1998 | The sky under the desert | Alberto Negrin | Assistant Director | TV movie | ||
| 1999 | A woman as a friend 2 (it) | Rossella Izzo | Assistant Director | TV series | ||
| 2000 | The origins and the start of Islam (Series of five documentaries) | Tahsin Celal | First assistant director | movie | ||
| 2001 | Dhafayer (Braids) | Habib Mselmani | Assistant director | TV series | ||
| 2001 | Quo vadis ? (What's going on?) | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | First assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2001 | I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa (The Knights of the Quest) | Pupi Avati | First assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2002 | Dima Labes (we are always fine) | Nejib Belkadhi | Assistant director | TV series | ||
| 2002 | Khorma | Jilani Saadi | Assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2003 | The cursed island | Rémy Burkel | Assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2003 | The Last Day of Pompéi | Peter Nicholson | Assistant director | docufiction | ||
| 2003 | Kalthoum's Daughter | Mehdi Charef | First assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2004 | Summer Wedding | Mokhtar Ladjimi | Assistant Director | movie | ||
| 2004 | Gladiators | Tilman Remme | Assistant Director | docufiction | ||
| 2004 | La Chorale du bonheur (The choir of happines) | Kay Pollak | First assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2004 | Rameses (docufiction) | Tom Pollack | First assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2004 | La squadra (The team) (TV film) | Francesco Pavolini | First assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2004 | The villa | Mohamed Damak and Mohamed Mahfoudh | Assistant Director | movie | ||
| 2005 | Romanticism : Two tablets morning and evening | Mohamed Ben Attia | First assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2005 | Ancient Plastic Surgery (en) (docufiction) | Philip J. Day | First assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2006 | The children and the sea | Director | TV Series | |||
| 2007 | The elevator | Director | movie | |||
| 2008 | Nine Miles Down (en) | Anthony Waller | First assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2008 | Cross X | Director | movie | |||
| 2008 | Allo | Director | Short film | |||
| 2008 | Give me your ear | Director | TV Series | |||
| 2009-2011 | Njoum Ellil (Stars of the night) | Mehdi Nasra, Samia Amami, Saâd Ben Hussein and Abdelhakim Alimi | Director | TV Series | ||
| 2010 | The Last Hour | Aly Abidy | First assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2010 | Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire | Christian Duguay | Assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2012 | The escape from Carthage | Director | TV movie | |||
| 2012 | Maria di Nazaret (it) (TV film) | Giacomo Campiotti | First assistant director | TV movie | ||
| 2014-2015 | Windmill | Anis Ben Dali, Nazli Ferial Kallal, Maroua Ben Jemai and Ghanem Zrelli | Riadh Smaâli and Sana Bouazizi | Director | TV series | |
| 2015 | Promotional spot for the Tunespoir association | Director | TV mini-series | |||
| 2016 | Al Akaber (The Upper class) | Mohamed Aziz Houwam, Mohamed Ali Damak and Houssem Sahli | Director | TV mini-series | ||
| 2017-2018 | El Khawa | Sara Britma | Director | TV series | ||
| 2019 | Ali Chouerreb (season 2) | Rania Mlika and Rabii Tekali | Director | TV Series |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Madih Belaid: Director". cinematunisien. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Madih Belaid: Tunisia". africultures. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Romdhane Awards: the prize for best achievement goes to Naouret Lahwé". mosaiquefm. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Press release - Competition results". maisondelatunisie. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "Romdhane Awards: the best director is Madih Belaïd". mosaiquefm. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
External links[edit]
- Madih Belaid at IMDb