Name: El Hedi ben Salem
Birthday: 01 January 1936
Deathday: 01 January 1976
Place of Birth: Morocco
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.
