El Aboudi was born and brought up in Morocco. He graduated from the University of Fes, Morocco with a BA in Theatre, 1991 and with a MA in Film & Television at Bond University, Australia in 1997. Film Director from CINETEL, Paris, France, 1991-1992. Selected filmography: Fight of Fate (nominee Prix Europa, 2010), City Folk Helsinki 2007, Inside/Offside 2006, Two Mothers 2005, Ramadan 2004, My Father, the Freemason 2003.

Films

• School of Hope (2020)
• Dance of Outlaws (2012)