Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi

Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi (Arabic: محمد عبد الرحمن التازي; born 3 July 1942), is a Moroccan filmmaker, screenwriter and cinematographer.^[1] One of the most revered artists in Morocco, Tazi has made several critically acclaimed films including 6 et 12, Le Grand Voyage, Les voisins d'Abou Moussa and Al Bayra, la vieille jeune fille.^[2] Apart from direction, he is also a producer, writer and cinematographer.^[3]

Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi محمد عبدالرحمن التازي
Born	Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi (1942-07-03) 3 July 1942 (age 83) Fez, Morocco
Nationality	Moroccan
Alma mater	Institut des hautes études cinématographiques Syracuse University
Occupations	Director producer screen writer, cinematographer
Years active	1983–present

Personal life

He was born on 3 July 1942 in Fez, Morocco.^[3] In 1963, he graduated from the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris. Then in 1974, he studied communication at the Syracuse University, New York.^[4]

Career

In 1964, he produced the documentary Sunab and then the short film Tarfaya, ou la marche d’un poète in 1966.^[5] Then in 1967, he worked as the director of photography in the film Quaraouyne and then in 1968 film Du côté de la Tassaout. In 1968, he directed his maiden film 6 et 12.

In 1979, he created the production company "Arts et Techniques Audio-visuels". Later, he became the producer and director of cultural programs for Moroccan Television and Spanish Television. Before the cinema direction, Tazi worked as the technical advisor for the films by Robert Wise and John Huston filmed in Morocco.^[4]

In 1981, he made his first feature film Le Grand Voyage. Then in 1989, he directed and produced critically acclaimed film Badis. With the success of the film, he made In search of my wife's husband in 1994 and Lalla Hobby in 1997.^[6] From 2000 to 2003, Tazi was appointed as the Director of productions at the Moroccan television channel 2M TV.^[4]

Apart from cinema, he later wrote the book Beyond Casablanca.^[7]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Genre	Ref.
1964	Sunab	Director	documentary	[8]
1966	Tarfaya, ou la marche d’un poète (Tarfaya, or the walk of a poet)	Director	short film	[9]
1967	Quaraouyne	Cinematographer	film	[10]
1968	Du côté de la Tassaout (On The Side of Tassaout)	Cinematographer	film	[11]
1968	6 et 12	Director	film	[12]
1968	Vaincre pour vivre (Win to Live)	Cinematographer	film	[13]
1971	Wechma (Traces)	Cinematographer	film	[14]
1971	Fantasia du siècle	Director	film	[15]
1977	March or Die	Production Supervisor	film
1978	Adieu Philippines	Director	film	[16]
1978	Silver Bears	Location manager	film
1981	Le Grand Voyage (The Great Journey)	Director	film	[17]
1982	Lialat shafia (Healing machine)	Director	film
1983	The Black Stallion Returns	Location manager	film
1986	Eabaas 'aw juha lam yamut (Abbas or Juha did not die)	Director, writer	film
1987	Aux portes de l’Europe	Director	film	[18]
1989	Badis	Director, writer	film	[19]
1991	La plage des enfants perdus (The Beach of Lost Children)	Production director	film
1994	À la recherche du mari de ma femme (Looking for My Wife's Husband)	Director	film	[20]
1995	Voleur d’images	Director	film	[21]
1997	Lalla Hobby (No, my love)	Director	film	[22]
2000	Au-delà de Gibraltar	Executive producer	film	[23]
2003	Moi, ma mère et Bétina (Me, My Mother and Betina)	Producer	TV film
2003	Les voisins d'Abou Moussa (The Neighbors of Abou Moussa)	Director	film	[24]
2005	Les tourments de Coverin (The Torments of Coverin)	Director	film
2005	Mehayin D Haussain	Director	film
2006	Fouad Souiba	Actor	documentary
2011	Houssein et Safia	TV series	film
2013	Al Bayra, la vieille jeune fille (Al Bayra, The Old Maid)	Director	film	[25]
2013	Hnia Moubara O Masood	Director	TV sitcom
2015	La promotion (The Promotion)	Director	film
2018	Les extras (The Extras)	Director	film
2022	Fatema, La Sultane Inoubliable	Director	film