Hakim Belabbes

Directing · b. 1961 · Boujad, Morocco

Hakim Belabbes is a Moroccan-American independent filmmaker. He was born in the Moroccan town of Boujad, where his father owned the only movie theatre. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in American and African literature in 1983 from Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco, and a graduate degree in film and video from Columbia College in Chicago, where he now teaches film direction and production.

Full biography

Belabbes has produced and directed more than 10 films and received several awards.

Known for

6.8

Boujad: A Nest in the Heat

1992 · Director

8.0

Why O' Sea?

2006 · Director

9.0

Threads

2003 · Director

Collapsed Walls

2022 · Director

Whispers

1999 · Director

In Pieces

2009 · Director

Defining Love: A Failed Attempt

2012 · Director

The Weight Of The Shadow

2016 · Director

Sweat Rain

2017 · Director

Directed

The Story of M

2023 · Director

Collapsed Walls

2022 · Director

Sweat Rain

2017 · Director

The Weight Of The Shadow

2016 · Director

Defining Love: A Failed Attempt

2012 · Director

Boiling Dreams

2011 · Director

In Pieces

2009 · Director

8.0

Why O' Sea?

2006 · Director

9.0

Threads

2003 · Director

Whispers

1999 · Director

6.8

Boujad: A Nest in the Heat

1992 · Director

In development

Fragments

Director

Games and Children’s Dreams

Director

These Hands

Director