Biography

Rachid Benallal is an Algerian director, screenwriter and editor (sometimes credited as Rachid Benallel), born in 1946 in Algiers, Algeria. Rachid Benallal began his film studies at the INC in Algiers and finished them at the IDHEC in Paris (diploma in editing). Upon his return to Algeria, he worked as an assistant director for Algerian television and directed two short films. From the early 1970s, he became chief editor and edited a dozen Algerian feature films, including some of the most significant of the moment (notably for Mazif, Allouache and Haddad). In total, Rachid Benallal has edited more than 32 feature films and as many 35 mm short films. He also worked in Morocco as an editor in 15 feature films and 7 short films in 35 mm between 1994 and 2001. Screenwriter of the film "Un roof, a family" feature film 35 mm fiction (1979), Rachid Benallel, directed his first feature film in 1993, "Ya Ouled", on childhood between war and independence. He will co-direct the film "Si Mohand u M'hand" on one of the most important figures of Berber culture in 2003 with Lazid Khodja. His latest film was made in the context of Algiers, capital of Arab culture in 2007 and is entitled "The Last Solution". Benallel also worked in the audiovisual sector as a director and directed a series of 17 episodes of the show "Tranche de vies" between 1993 and 1994 as well as the game show "Chkoun" in 1995. During his career , he has received several distinctions, including an editing prize at Marrakech 2001 and that of the best advertising spot (Tebessa 1993). Rachid Benallal has also worked in training as a supervisor of the UFC program (1991), as a teacher of cinematographic techniques at the Abane Ramdane Cultural Center (1976), at the ENTV Training Center, Berlioz (1982) and at INADC Bordj El Kiffan (1986). In 2011, he was President of the Jury of the 2nd Film Days of Algiers.
- IMDb mini biography by: African Director's Cut