Farida Benlyazid

Active - 1988 - 2013  |   Born - Mar 18, 1948   |   Genres - Comedy, Drama, Culture & Society

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Moroccan-born filmmaker Farida Benlyazid earned her degree in film and literature from the University of Paris in 1974. Since then, she has worked as a screenwriter and as a director. Benlyazid is one of the very few working female directors from North Africa and at varying stages of her career she has been the only one from her native Morocco.