What is Med Hondo?
{{Infobox person | name = Med Hondo | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Mohamed Abid Hondo | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1936|05|04}} | birth_place = [[Atar, Mauritania]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|03|02|1936|05|04}} | death_place = Paris, France | occupation = [[film director]], [[film producer|producer]], [[screenwriter]], [[actor]] and [[voice acting|voice actor]] | yearsactive = 1967–2013 | spouse = | domesticpartner = | website = http://www.medhondo.com/ }} '''Med Hondo''' (born '''Mohamed Abid Hondo''', 4 May 1936 – 2 March 2019) was a [[Mauritania]]n [[movie director]], [[movie producer|producer]], [[screenwriter]], actor and [[voice acting|voice actor]]. == Biography == He moved to [[France]] in 1959 and began to work in movies during the 1960s. In 1967, critics praised for the first movie he directed, ''[[Soleil O]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title = Directors in Focus — African Perspectives: Med Hondo|publisher = [[Harvard Film Archive]]|date = 2006|url = http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2000marapr/hondo.html|accessdate = 2009-08-24|archive-date = 2018-08-22|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180822132940/http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2000marapr/hondo.html|url-status = dead}}</ref> It won a Golden Leopard Award at the [[Locarno International Film Festival]] in [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of the Golden Leopard|publisher=Locarno International Film Festival Official Site|url=http://www.pardo.ch/jahia/Jahia/home/Festival/History/Winners-of-the-Golden-Leopard/cache/offonce/lang/en%3Bjsessionid=96CE916F604908C3BBCDEBF3316B1911|accessdate=2009-08-26|archive-date=2011-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707001911/http://www.pardo.ch/jahia/Jahia/home/Festival/History/Winners-of-the-Golden-Leopard/cache/offonce/lang/en%3Bjsessionid=96CE916F604908C3BBCDEBF3316B1911|url-status=dead}}</ref>