Saïd Hamich Benlarbi | |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1986 |
Birth Place: | Fez, Morocco |
Nationality: | French-Moroccan |
Occupation: | Film producer and director |
Notable Works: | Return to Bollene, Across the Sea (La Mer au loin) |
Saïd Hamich Benlarbi (born 1986) is a Moroccan-French film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is known for producing the films Much Loved, Volubilis, Zanka Contact, and Hounds, and for directing Return to Bollene and Across the Sea.
Saïd Hamich Benlarbi was born in Fez, Morocco in 1986.[1]
He lived in Bollène, France, until he left for Paris after finishing his secondary education.
He graduated from La Fémis film school (department of film production), and won a producer scholarship from the Lagardère Foundation.[1]
Benlarbi has worked as director, producer, executive producer, screenwriter, line producer, and production manager.[2]
He first worked as a producer for Barney Production, which he founded.
His debut feature film as director was Return to Bollene (Retour à Bollène), released in 2017, for which he also wrote the script as well as produced. It was a co-production of Barney Production and Mont Fleuri Production.[3]