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Madih Belaid

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Madih Belaïd
مديح بالعيد
Born
Madih Belaïd

(1974-01-01) January 1, 1974 (age 50)
NationalityTunisian
Alma materMaghrebian Institute of Cinema
OccupationDirector
Years active1996–present
SpouseRim 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

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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

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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

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Year Film Writer Role Genre Ref.
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 happiness) 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

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  1. ^ a b "Madih Belaid: Director". cinematunisien. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Madih Belaid: Tunisia". africultures. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Romdhane Awards: the prize for best achievement goes to Naouret Lahwé". mosaiquefm. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Press release - Competition results". maisondelatunisie. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Romdhane Awards: the best director is Madih Belaïd". mosaiquefm. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
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