Madih Belaid

Madih Belaïd (born 1 January 1974), is a Tunisian filmmaker. He is best known as the director of critically acclaimed television serials and feature films Naouret El Hawa, Al Akaber and Allo.

Personal life He was born on 1 January 1974 in Sousse, Tunisia. He is married to Tunisian actress Rim Riahi where the couple has three children.

Career He studied filmmaking at the Maghrebian Institute of Cinema in Tunis from 1994 to 1997. After various internships in audiovisual and directing, he became assistant director on several shoots in Tunisia and abroad and took part in scriptwriting workshops in France, Germany and Morocco.

In 2014, he received the prize for best production for the soap opera Naouret El Hawa at the Romdhane Awards awarded by Mosaïque FM. In the same year, he was appointed as a jury member for the second edition of the Les Nuits du court métrage Tunisien festival in Paris. In 2016, he won the award for Best Director for the soap opera Al Akaber at the Romdhane Awards.

Filmography Year Film Writer Role Genre Ref. 1996 Everything is boiling. Nothing is moving Director movie 1998 The sky under the desert Alberto Negrin Assistant Director TV movie 1999 A woman as a friend 2 (it) Rossella Izzo Assistant Director TV series 2000 The origins and the start of Islam (Series of five documentaries) Tahsin Celal First assistant director movie 2001 Dhafayer (Braids) Habib Mselmani Assistant director TV series 2001 Quo vadis ? (What's going on?) Jerzy Kawalerowicz First assistant director TV movie 2001 I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa (The Knights of the Quest) Pupi Avati First assistant director TV movie 2002 Dima Labes (we are always fine) Nejib Belkadhi Assistant director TV series 2002 Khorma Jilani Saadi Assistant director TV movie 2003 The cursed island Rémy Burkel Assistant director TV movie 2003 The Last Day of Pompéi Peter Nicholson Assistant director docufiction 2003 Kalthoum's Daughter Mehdi Charef First assistant director TV movie 2004 Summer Wedding Mokhtar Ladjimi Assistant Director movie 2004 Gladiators Tilman Remme Assistant Director docufiction 2004 La Chorale du bonheur (The choir of happiness) Kay Pollak First assistant director TV movie 2004 Rameses (docufiction) Tom Pollack First assistant director TV movie 2004 La squadra (The team) (TV film) Francesco Pavolini First assistant director TV movie 2004 The villa Mohamed Damak and Mohamed Mahfoudh Assistant Director movie 2005 Romanticism : Two tablets morning and evening Mohamed Ben Attia First assistant director TV movie 2005 Ancient Plastic Surgery (en) (docufiction) Philip J. Day First assistant director TV movie 2006 The children and the sea Director TV Series 2007 The elevator Director movie 2008 Nine Miles Down (en) Anthony Waller First assistant director TV movie 2008 Cross X Director movie 2008 Allo Director Short film 2008 Give me your ear Director TV Series 2009-2011 Njoum Ellil (Stars of the night) Mehdi Nasra, Samia Amami, Saâd Ben Hussein and Abdelhakim Alimi Director TV Series 2010 The Last Hour Aly Abidy First assistant director TV movie 2010 Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire Christian Duguay Assistant director TV movie 2012 The escape from Carthage Director TV movie 2012 Maria di Nazaret (it) (TV film) Giacomo Campiotti First assistant director TV movie 2014-2015 Windmill Anis Ben Dali, Nazli Ferial Kallal, Maroua Ben Jemai and Ghanem Zrelli Riadh Smaâli and Sana Bouazizi Director TV series 2015 Promotional spot for the Tunespoir association Director TV mini-series 2016 Al Akaber (The Upper class) Mohamed Aziz Houwam, Mohamed Ali Damak and Houssem Sahli Director TV mini-series 2017-2018 El Khawa Sara Britma Director TV series 2019 Ali Chouerreb (season 2) Rania Mlika and Rabii Tekali Director TV Series