El Hedi ben Salem
1936-01-01 (1936)MoroccoActing
Biography
El Hedi ben Salem was a Moroccan actor. He is best known as the lover and collaborator of provocative German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He died while in prison. Fassbinder dedicated his last film, Querelle (1982), to Salem. In 2012, a documentary on Salem's life entitled My Name Is Not Ali, premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival.
Known For
World on a Wire
TV • 1973
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
TV • 1972
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
MOVIE • 1974
The Merchant of Four Seasons
MOVIE • 1972
Fox and His Friends
MOVIE • 1975
Jail Bait
MOVIE • 1973
My Name Is Not Ali
MOVIE • 2011
Martha
MOVIE • 1974
Tenderness of the Wolves
MOVIE • 1973
When Fear Eats the Soul
MOVIE • 2007
Like a Bird on a Wire
MOVIE • 1975