El Hedi ben Salem
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
11 titles
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
World on a Wire
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Jail Bait
Martha
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Fox and His Friends
Tenderness of the Wolves
My Name Is Not Ali
Like a Bird on a Wire
When Fear Eats the Soul
