Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1975 film Chronicle of the Years of Fire, which won the Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival and became the first Arab and African film to win the award. He is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Arabic cinema.

26 February 1934

Born on the same birth day (26 February): Ahn Cheol-soo • Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll • Camille Flammarion • Janus Djurhuus • Jozef Adamec • Madeleine Carroll • Marc Fortier • Marta Kristen • Nadezhda Krupskaya • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan • Tim Kaine • Tom Kennedy (television host)

Born in the same month (February 1934): Annette Crosbie • Barry Humphries • Don Cherry • Earl King • Eddie Fenech Adami • Juan Carlos Calabró • Manuel Noriega • Niklaus Wirth • Renata Scotto • Sparky Anderson