Mohamed Chouikh

Who is Mohamed Chouikh?

Mohamed Chouikh is an Algerian film-maker.

Mohamed Chouikh was born at Mostaganem Algeria on the 3rd of September 1943, where he was to become a stage actor with a troupe which later developed into the Algerian National Theatre. In 1965, he acted in one of Algeria's greatest film productions, L'Aube des damnés by René Vautier and Ahmed Rachedi. In 1966 he took the role of Lakhdar in Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina's highly successful Le vent des Aurès. In 1972 he directed L'Embouchure for Algerian TV, followed in 1974 by Les Paumés. In 1983 he made his first feature-length film, Rupture, and has pursued a writer-director career since then.

He has written and directed:

⁕La Citadelle 1988

⁕Youcef 1993

⁕L'Arche du Désert 1997