# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/med-hondo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:08:20.471Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/med-hondo"
name: "Med Hondo"
slug: "med-hondo"
description: "Med Hondo was a Mauritanian-French actor. Considered a founding father of African cinema, he is known for his controversial films dealing with issues such as race relations and colonization. His critically acclaimed 1970 directorial début feature, Soleil O, received the Golden Leopard award at the 1970 Locarno International Film Festival and was chosen in 2019 by the African Film Heritage Project for restoration. His 1979 film West Indies was the first African film musical and, at $1.3 million, the most expensive production in African film history."
tagline: "Mauritanian actor (1935–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Med_hondo.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1935-05-04"
deathDate: "2019-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.12
  momentum:             7.433987813134734
  historical:           21.244224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393124/"
    handle:    "nm0393124"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.medhondo.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "ميد هوندو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "ميد هوندو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4"
    title: "Хондо Мед"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "مد اوندو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%93_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%95"
    title: "מד הונדו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89"
    title: "メド・オンド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Med_Hondo"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4"
    title: "Хондо, Мед"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180886"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/586258"
    title: "Med Hondo"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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