About Mohamed Reggab
Lived 1942 – 1990 (aged 47–48). Mohamed Reggab was a Moroccan film director, screenwriter and director.
Mohamed Reggab (1942–1990) was a Moroccan film director.
Biography He was born in Safi, Morocco and studied in France (École Supérieure Louis Lumière), Russia (All-Russian State University of Cinematography), Belgium (Université libre de Bruxelles) and Germany. He is best known for his sole feature film The Barber of the Poor Quarter, based on a play by Youssef Fadel. The personal debts incurred in the making of this film resulted in his spending some time in prison. He also took part in the collectively made Cinders of the Vineyard (1979).
He died in Paris while preparing to make his second feature Mémoires d'exil. He is the father of the filmmaker Younes Reggab.
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Who was Mohamed Reggab?
Morocco film director
When was Mohamed Reggab born?
Mohamed Reggab was born in 1942 in Safi.
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Mohamed Reggab died on 16 October 1990 in Paris.
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Mohamed Reggab was a film director, screenwriter and director.
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Mohamed Reggab was Moroccan.
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