ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti nˈaɪn, ðɪ ældʒˈɪɹiən nˈæʃənəl lˌɪbɚɹˈeɪʃən fɹˈʌnt ˌɛfˌɛlˈɛn sˈɛnt hˌɪm tə pɹˈɑːɡ, wˌɛɹ hiː pɚsˈuːd hɪz sˌɪnɪmɐtˈɑːɡɹəfi stˈʌdiz æt ðə sˈɪnəmə skˈuːl, fˈɪlm ænd tˌiːvˈiː skˈuːl ʌvðɪ ɐkˈædəmi ʌv pɚfˈɔːɹmɪŋ ˈɑːɹts ɪn pɹˈɑːɡ, ðə tʃˈɛk ɐkˈædəmi fɔːɹ sˈɪnəmə ænd tˈɛlᵻvˌɪʒən.
In 1959, the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) sent him to Prague, where he pursued his cinematography studies at the cinema school, Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the Czech academy for cinema and television.