title: Ahmed Rachedi (film director)
text: # Ahmed Rachedi (film director)
  
  Ahmed Rachedi (born 1938) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for the film Z (1969), which he helped produce. His 1971 film L'Opium et le Bâton was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1981 film Ali in Wonderland won a Special Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * L'Opium et le Bâton (1971)
  * Ali in Wonderland (1981)
  * C’était la guerre (1993, co-directed with Maurice Failevic)
  