Rachid Benallal

Rachid Benallal is an Algerian director, screenwriter and editor (sometimes credited under the name Rachid Benallel), born in 1946 in Algiers, Algeria.

Rachid Benallal began his cinema studies at the INC in Algiers and completed them at the IDHEC in Paris (graduated in editing). Upon his return to Algeria, he worked as an assistant director for Algerian television and directed two short films. From the early 1970s, he became chief editor and edited a dozen Algerian feature films, including some of the most significant of the moment (notably for Mazif, Allouache and Haddad). In total, Rachid Benallal has edited more than 32 feature films and as many 35mm short films. He also worked in Morocco as an editor on 15 feature films and 7 short films in 35 mm between 1994 and 2001. Screenwriter of the film "Un Toit, Une Famille" 35 mm fiction feature film (1979), Rachid Benallel, directed his first feature film in 1993, "Ya Ouled", about childhood between war and independence. He co-directed the film "Si Mohand u M'hand" on one of the most important figures of Berber culture in 2003 with Lazid Khodja. His latest film was made in Algiers, capital of Arab culture in 2007 and is entitled "The Last Solution". Benallel also worked in the audiovisual sector as a director and directed a series of 17 episodes of the show "Tranche De Vies" between 1993 and 1994 as well as the game show "Chkoun" in 1995.

During his career, he received several distinctions, including an editing prize in Marrakech 2001 and that of best advertising spot (Tebessa, 1993). Rachid Benallal also worked in training as supervisor of the UFC show (1991), as a teacher in cinematographic techniques at the Abane Ramdane Cultural Center (1976), at the ENTV Training Center, Berlioz (1982) and at INADC Bordj El Kiffan (1986). In 2011, he was President of the Jury of the 2nd Algiers Cinematographic Days.

Rachid Benallal is known for work in editing across film and television. New Release currently presents 18 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956 (2025), Reveries of the Solitary Actor (2016), The Olive Tree of Boul'hivet (1978), Yaouled (1993), Dead the Long Night (1979), نصر الدين ديني (1977), Inspector Tahar's Holiday (1972), We Shall Go onto the Mountain (1987). The recorded credits span 1972 to 2025, including 18 movies and 0 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.