Med Hondo

Mauritanian actor (1935–2019)

1.86body-of-work score · ranked #548 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
May 4, 1935 · Atar
Died
March 2, 2019 · 14th arrondissement of Paris
Nationality
Mauritania, France
Work
actor, film director, film producer, dub actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Med Hondo
Réda Zine (YouTube user: @MrAfnorock) · CC BY 4.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1967 · France / Mauritania · documentary, drama

    Locarno Golden Leopard winner 1970 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #243 · Criterion Collection spine #1049

    1.293 citations
  2. 2

    1979 · Mauritania

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #152 · Criterion Collection spine #1313

    0.572 citations

Complete filmography

All 8 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1967Soleil Ô
  • 1974Les Bicots-nègres, vos voisins
  • 1977Nous aurons toute la mort pour dormir
  • 1979West Indies
  • 1986Sarraounia
  • 1994Lumière noire
  • 1998Watani, un monde sans mal
  • 2004Fatima, the Algerian Woman of Dakar