Moroccan director Mohamed Ismail dies, at the age of 70

The Moroccan Syndicate of Dramatists and Film and Television Workers mourned the Moroccan director, screenwriter and producer Mohamed Ismail, who died at the age of 70.

The late Ismail had undergone a heart surgery last February, and was waiting for another operation if his health condition improved, but fate did not allow him to do so.

Ismail was born in Tetouan, northern Morocco, in 1951, and graduated from law school before joining television in 1974.

He presented many television and cinematic films, the most prominent of which were “Ashtam” and “After …” “Goodbye Mothers”, “Children of the Country”, “Frustration” and “La Mora … Love in Time of War.”

A number of Moroccan artists mourned on social media, including actor Amine Benjelloun, director Mohamed Nazif, and critic Ahmed Siegelmassi.

Moroccan journalist and novelist Adel Zobairi inherited it via Facebook, saying: “Moroccan cinema has lost a great professor, who intelligently manages the movements of the camera and cultivates confidence in actors, whether veteran of the generation of adults, stars, or new faces that he presents to the public for the first time.”

He added, “Moroccan director Mohamed Ismail will look to us from his place on the tops to follow what others will present again to the big screen.”

Source: “Reuters”