El Hedi ben Salem
Born: 1936-01-01
Place of birth: Morocco
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.
Filmography
When Fear Eats the Soul
2007
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972
World on a Wire
1973
Fox and His Friends
1975
Martha
1974
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
Querelle
1982
My Name Is Not Ali
2011
Jail Bait
1973
Like a Bird on a Wire
1975
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973