Med Hondo

Med Hondo (born Mohamed Abid Hondo, 4 May 1936 – 2 March 2019) was a Mauritanian movie director, producer, screenwriter, actor and voice actor.

Med Hondo
Born
Mohamed Abid Hondo

(1936-05-04)4 May 1936
Atar, Mauritania
Died2 March 2019(2019-03-02) (aged 82)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and voice actor
Years active1967–2013
Websitehttp://www.medhondo.com/

Biography

He moved to France in 1959 and began to work in movies during the 1960s. In 1967, critics praised for the first movie he directed, Soleil O.[1] It won a Golden Leopard Award at the Locarno International Film Festival in Italy.[2] When American movies are dubbed into French, Hondo often plays the French version of a character. For example, he played the French version of Eddie Murphy's character Donkey in Shrek.[3]

Hondo died in Paris on 2 March 2019, aged 82.[4]

Filmography

Director

  • 1967: Soleil O
  • 1974: Les 'bicots-Nègres' vos voisins (Arabs and Niggers, Your Neighbours)
  • 1975: Sahel la faim pourquoi
  • 1979: West Indies
  • 1986: Sarraounia
  • 1994: Lumière noire (Black Light)
  • 1998: Watani, un monde sans mal
  • 2004: Fatima, l'Algérienne de Dakar

Actor

  • 1964: Les verts pâturages
  • 1965: Bob Morane as Notomi (television series; two episodes)
  • 1965: Belphégor as Gaillac (television series)
  • 1965: Seule à Paris (television series)
  • 1966: Retour à Bacoli as Un tirailleur (television series)
  • 1967: Un homme de trop as Florent
  • 1968: Tante Zita as James
  • 1969: A Walk with Love and Death as Entertainer
  • 1974: Aux frontières du possible as doctor Sosian Cisse (television series)
  • 1975: Jo Gaillard as Carlos (television series)
  • 1977: The Ambassadors as Med
  • 1989–1991: Commissaire Moulin as Max (television series; three episodes)
  • 1990: 1871 as Karl Marx
  • 1997: La divine poursuite as the pilot
  • 2000: Antilles sur Seine as Horace
  • 2003: Funky Cops as Ace (television series; voice)
  • 2006: Asterix and the Vikings as pirate lookout (voice)
  • 2006: Incontrôlable as Rex (voice)

Dubbing

References

  1. "Directors in Focus — African Perspectives: Med Hondo". Harvard Film Archive. 2006. Archived from the original on 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  2. "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno International Film Festival Official Site. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  3. "Shrek adapté par Sam Mendes" (in French). Canadian Online Explorer. 2002-10-17. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
  4. "Décès à Paris du cinéaste mauritanien Med Hondo". Archived from the original on 2019-03-03. Retrieved 2019-03-03.

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