
Person
Med Hondo
Directing · 1935–2019 · Ain Beni Mathar, Maroc
Biography
Med Hondo was a Mauritanian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and voice actor. He emigrated to France in 1959 and began to work in film during the 1960s. He received critical acclaim for his 1967 directorial début Soleil O. Son vrai nom est Mohamed Abid né le samedi 4 mai 1935, à Ain Beni Mathar au Maroc et décédé le samedi 2 mars 2019 à l'âge de 83 ans au 14ème arrondissement de Paris.
Known for

Police Commissioner Moulin
Max, le joueur de saxo

Funky Cops
Ace Anderson

Asterix and the Vikings
La vigie (voice)

Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
Gaillac

Masculin Féminin
Man in the Subway (uncredited)

The Spiral
Narrator (voice)

Môl
Narrator

Incontrôlable
Rex (voice)

A Walk with Love and Death
Entertainer

Zita
James
Filmography
- 2022Med Hondo – Rebel African Film-makerSelf
- 2009SpikeRaymon (voice)
- 2006Asterix and the VikingsLa vigie (voice)
- 2006IncontrôlableRex (voice)
- 2004Fatima, the Algerian Woman of DakarDirector
- 2002Funky CopsAce Anderson
- 2000Antilles sur SeineHorace
- 1998Watani: A World Without EvilDirector
- 1997The Gods Must Be DaringLe pilote
- 1997L'Année des Guignols - J'y arrive pasPierre Diouf (voice)
- 1994Black LightDirector
- 19901871Karl Marx
- 1988Ouaga
- 1986SarraouniaDirector
- 1981Hunger Of The WorldDirector
- 1979West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of LibertyDirector
- 1979The Making of West IndiesSelf
- 1979Polisario, a people in armsDirector
- 1978Safrana or Freedom of SpeechNarrator (voice)
- 1977We shall have the whole of death to sleepDirector
- 1976Police Commissioner MoulinMax, le joueur de saxo
- 1976The SpiralNarrator (voice)
- 1975The AmbassadorsMed
- 1974The Black Wogs, Your NeighborsDirector
- 1973Soleil ODirector
- 1971My NeighboursDirector
- 1969A Walk with Love and DeathEntertainer
- 1968ZitaJames
- 1967Shock TroopsFlorent
- 1966Artaud
- 1966Masculin FémininMan in the Subway (uncredited)
- 1966MôlNarrator
- 1965Belphegor, or The Phantom of the LouvreGaillac
- 1965La Tragédie du Roi ChristopheMagny
- 1965Ballade aux sourcesDirector
- 1964Les verts pâturagesSt Pierre
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