Ahmed El Maanouni
Ahmed El Maanouni (born in 1944) is a Moroccan screenwriter, film director, cinematographer, actor and producer.[2] He caught international attention when his film Trances was honored and presented by Martin Scorsese at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival to inaugurate the World Cinema Foundation.[3] His film Les Coeurs brûlés (2007) won the Grand Prize at the National Film Festival and was awarded many international prizes.[4] His documentary films consistently interrogate colonial history and its impact on Moroccan memory.He directs study groups and educational programs in Morocco and throughout the world.