Abdenour Zahzah is an Algerian screenwriter, director, and producer. He studied at the University of Algiers and he completed his first film, Frantz Fanon, Mémoire d'Asile, in 2002. He made several commissioned documentaries, including one for the 2nd Pan-African Cultural Festival in Algiers in 2009. His short fiction film Garagouz (2010) won several awards. After a feature-length documentary, L'Oued, L'Oued (2013) which won critical acclaim at festivals, he made his first feature-length fiction film in 2024, about Frantz Fanon’s time at the Blida-Joinville Psychiatric Hospital. Zahzah lives and works in Algiers.

As of April 2025