# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malek-bensmail
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:25:31.351Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malek-bensmail"
name: "Malek Bensmaïl"
slug: "malek-bensmail"
description: "Malek Bensmaïl is an Algerian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and film producer."
tagline: "Algerian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malek_Bensma%C3%AFl_-_The_Arab_-_IFFR_2026_(edited).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1966"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.6
  momentum:             0.8571428571428571
  historical:           6.607128
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1656176/"
    handle:    "nm1656176"
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malek_Bensma%C3%AFl"
    title: "Malek Bensmaïl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malek_Bensma%C3%AFl"
    title: "Malek Bensmaïl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malek_Bensma%C3%AFl"
    title: "Malek Bensmaïl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malek_Bensma%C3%AFl"
    title: "Malek Bensmaïl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malek_Bensma%C3%AFl"
    title: "Malek Bensmaïl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malek_Bensma%C3%AFl"
    title: "Malek Bensmaïl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malek_Bensma%C3%AFl"
    title: "Malek Bensmaïl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3281826"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1521047"
    title: "Malek Bensmaïl"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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