El Hedi ben Salem

Personal information

Known for: Acting
Known credits: 13
Gender: Male
Born: January 1, 1936
Died: January 1, 1976
Place of birth: Morocco
Also known as: Elhedi Ben SalemEl Hedi Ben SalemSalem El HeïdiSalem El Hedi

Biography

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.