El Hedi ben Salem

Birthday:: 01/01/1936
Place of birth:: Morocco:
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.

Credits

	Jannat 'Ali (2011) as Self (archive footage)
	Quand la peur dévore l'âme (2007) as Ali (archive footage)
	Faustrecht der Freiheit (1975) as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
	Wie ein Vogel auf dem Draht (1975) as Bodybuilder
	Martha (1974) as Hotel Guest
	Angst essen Seele auf (1974) as Ali
	Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (1973) as Französischer Soldat
	Wildwechsel (1973)
	Händler der vier Jahreszeiten (1972) as Araber

	Querelle Thanks
	Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant Set Production Assistant