Mohamed Rachid Benhadj (Arabic: رشيد بن حاج, born 12 July 1949) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter.
Born in Algiers, Benhadj studied architecture and cinema at the University of Paris.
[1] He made his professional debut working for the Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne as a documentarist.
[2] His feature film debut Louss (aka Desert Rose, 1989) received wide critical acclaim.
[3][4] In the 1990s he decided to settle permanently in Italy.