# Moumen Smihi

> Moumen Smihi is a Moroccan filmmaker. His career spans more than four decades, during which he has written, produced and directed award-winning and influential feature films, short films and documentaries. He is considered to be a seminal member of the "new Arab cinema", which began to flourish in the 1970s. Its proponents, inspired by political and artistic concerns, and similar to Italy's New Realism, France's Nouvelle Vague, and the US independent and underground movements, worked outside of the studio systems of Hollywood and Egypt, where business incentives dictated form and content.

*Moroccan film director*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Country:** Morocco
- **Born:** 1945
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Moumen Smihi is a Moroccan filmmaker. His career spans more than four decades, during which he has written, produced and directed award-winning and influential feature films, short films and documentaries. He is considered to be a seminal member of the "new Arab cinema", which began to flourish in the 1970s. Its proponents, inspired by political and artistic concerns, and similar to Italy's New Realism, France's Nouvelle Vague, and the US independent and underground movements, worked outside of the studio systems of Hollywood and Egypt, where business incentives dictated form and content.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 37.1
- **Momentum:** 2.0

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0806923/ (@nm0806923)

## Sources
- [The Movie DB](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1310367)
- [Moumen Smihi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moumen_Smihi)
- [Moumen Smihi](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moumen_Smihi)
- [مومن السميحي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A)
- [مومن السميحى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%89)
- [Moumen Smihi](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moumen_Smihi)
- [مومن سمیحی](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AD%DB%8C)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3325940)

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