Saïd Hamich Benlarbi was born in 1986 in Fez (Morocco). He is a graduate of the production department of La Fémis and winner of the Lagardère Foundation Prize. He was executive producer on several films including Hope by Boris Lojkine, Neither Heaven Nor Earth by Clement Cogitore, Sofia by Meryem Benm’Barek or Home Front by Lucas Blevaux.

He produced some thirty shorts and several feature films such as Much Loved by Nabil Ayouch – in co- production -, Northern Wind by Walid Mattar and Volubilis by Faouzi Bensaïdi.
Return to Bollene, his first film as a director, nominee for Louis-Delluc Prize for best first film, was released in 2018.