Djamel Bendeddouche

Djamel Bendeddouche (Arabic: جمال بن ددوش), born in 1941 in Tlemcen, Algeria, is a director, screenwriter, and prominent figure in Algerian cinema and television. Djamel Bendeddouche discovered the world of television and cinema at a very young age, just after his teenage years. He was barely 17 when he made his acting debut in 1958-59, starring in the film "Fadila" by Francis Mischkind. This short film depicts the friendship of two children from the Casbah of Algiers during the Algerian War. "…