Much Loved

Nabil Ayouch was born in 1969. He lives and works in Casablanca. In 1992, his first short, Les pierres bleues du désert, revealed Jamel Debbouze. In 1997, he directed his first feature film, Mektoub, followed by Ali Zazoua, prince du désert in 2000. Both films represent Morocco at the Oscars and impose Nabil Ayouch into the Moroccan and world cinema landscape. After Les chevaux de Dieu (Cannes Film Festival 2012, Official Selection), Much Loved is his seventh feature film. Nabil Ayouch also stages live shows, such as the opening of “”Le Temps du Maroc”” in France at the Château de Versailles in 1999. He is also a producer, and founded his company Ali n’ Productions in 1999, which aims above all to help young directors get started. He is the founder of the G.A.R.P. (Groupement des Auteurs, Réalisateurs, Producteurs) and the President of the Moroccan Association against Piracy.