born July 19th 1973 in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, to Moroccan immigrant parents. He has 9 siblings. He dropped out of school at a young age and became a boxer; at one point ranking number 2 in France in his category.

He met Mathieu Kassovitz with whom he co-wrote the 1995 French film "La Haine" which won the Best Director award in Cannes. Kassovitz directed the movie in which Saïd played one of the leads. Since than Saïd has been a force in French cinema and has made films in Italy, Germany, The United States and Morocco.

I agree AH was often a mess. Which is too bad since they had a good story to work with. And David O Russell has made some good films -- 3 Kings and Huckabees for me.

Given its Oscar and critical and popular acclaim, I was a little disappointed with the formulaic Frozen. The animation was beautifully realised, but I found the narrative flow to be heavy-handed – it lurched between set-pieces like a low-grade Hollywood actioner - and, a few nice touches aside, most of the film’s tropes were straight out of the Disney princess playbook.

I know that complaining that a Disney animated film lacks depth or grit is a bit like pointing out that popcorn doesn’t provide much in the way of nutrition, but I was still frustrated that the film chose not to mine any its psychological potential or the tragic elements inherent in the story. It think it either needed to be longer or more ruthlessly edited. The story telling in Frozen just wasn’t up to the sublime standard manifest in much of Disney’s back catalogue. I didn’t cry once. For me, the studio still seems to be struggling to find a new voice since its take-over of Pixar.

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"The Grand Budapest Hotel" is a delight from beginning to end. A super-caper without a false note! Perfect casting. Ralph Fiennes' is simply amazing. Wes Anderson has surpassed himself.