# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hamid-benani
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:42:43.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hamid-benani"
name: "Hamid Benani"
slug: "hamid-benani"
description: "Hamid Bénani, is a Moroccan film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. One of the most revered artists in Morocco, Bénani has made several critically acclaimed films including Wechma, La prière des absents and L'enfant Cheïkh. He is also a producer, writer and author."
tagline: "Moroccan film director and screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/-_Hamid_B%C3%A9nani_1.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1940-11-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.471094666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051545/"
    handle:    "nm0051545"
sources:
  - url: "https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_B%C3%A9nani"
    title: "Hamid Bénani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "حميد بناني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_B%C3%A9nani"
    title: "Hamid Bénani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_B%C3%A9nani"
    title: "Hamid Bénani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_B%C3%A9nani"
    title: "Hamid Bénani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_B%C3%A9nani"
    title: "Hamid Bénani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_B%C3%A9nani"
    title: "Hamid Bénani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_B%C3%A9nani"
    title: "Hamid Bénani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3126419"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1361307"
    title: "Hamid Benani"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump