El Hedi ben Salem
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
World on a Wire
Bodyguard
1973
Series
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
1972
Film
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali
1974
Film
Fox and His Friends
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
1975
Film
My Name Is Not Ali
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Araber
1972
Film
Jail Bait
1973
Film
Martha
Hotel Guest
1974
Film
Tenderness of the Wolves
Französischer Soldat
1973
Film
When Fear Eats the Soul
Ali (archive footage)
2007
Film
Like a Bird on a Wire
Bodybuilder
1975