Diretores do Oriente Médio (demais países)
by mcottoni-2 | created - 15 Apr 2015 | updated - 08 May 2015 | Public
1. Karzan Kader
Director | Bekas
Karzan Kader was nine years old when his family fled Kurdistan during the Iraq War in 1990. They settled in Sweden where Kader and his siblings were raised. In 2007 he enrolled in Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts (SADA) to study directing. His short film "Bekas" eventually won a Student Oscar and...
Diretor Curdo. Nascido em Sulaymaniyah, Iraque.
2. Elia Suleiman
Director | Yadon ilaheyya
Elia Suleiman was born on July 28, 1960 in Nazareth, Israel. He is a director and writer, known for Divine Intervention (2002), It Must Be Heaven (2019) and The Time That Remains (2009). He is married to Yasmine Hamdan.
Diretor Palestino. Nascido em Nazareth, Israel.
3. Annemarie Jacir
Director | Lamma shoftak
Annemarie Jacir was born on January 17, 1974 in Bethlehem, Palestine. She is a director and writer, known for When I Saw You (2012), Salt of This Sea (2008) and Wajib (2017).
Diretora Palestina. Nascida em Bethlehem, Palestina.
4. Hany Abu-Assad
Director | Omar
Hany Abu-Assad a Palestinian/Dutch movie director and writer. From the famous movies Abu-Assad has directed so far are : Rana's Wedding (2002), Paradise Now (2005) and Omar (2013), The mountains between us (2017). He has been nominated twice for Academy Awards for his movies 'Paradise Now' in 2006 ...
Diretor Palestino. Nascido em Nazareth, Israel.
5. Tawfik Abu Wael
Writer | Our Boys
Tawfik Abu Wael was born on January 25, 1976 in Israel. He is a writer and director, known for Our Boys (2019), Thirst (2004) and Alumim (2021).
Diretor Palestino. Nascido em Umm al-Fahm, Israel.
6. Julia Bacha
Director | Naila and the Uprising
Julia Bacha was born in 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is a director and editor, known for Naila and the Uprising (2017), My Neighbourhood (2012) and Budrus (2009).
Diretora Brasileira, especializada na questão Palestina.
7. Emad Burnat
Director | Five Broken Cameras
Emad Burnat was born on January 1, 1971 in Palestine. He is a director and cinematographer, known for 5 Broken Cameras (2011), P.O.V. (1988) and Keywords (2010).
Diretor Palestino.
8. Michael Mayer
Director | Out in the Dark
Michael Mayer is known for Out in the Dark (2012), Happy Times (2019) and Fireworks (2011).
Diretor Palestino, nascido em Haifa, Israel.
9. Ziad Doueiri
Director | L'insulte
Ziad Doueiri (born in 1963) is a Lebanese-born cinematographer, film director and writer. He is best known for his award winning film West Beirut. At the age of 18, during the Lebanese civil war, Ziad leaves Lebanon to study in the US. He now lives in France and works in Europe and the US. Doueiri ...
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10. Nadine Labaki
Actress | Et maintenant on va où?
Nadine Labaki was born on February 18, 1974 in Beirut, Lebanon. She is an actress and director, known for Where Do We Go Now? (2011), Capernaum (2018) and Caramel (2007). She has been married to Khaled Mouzanar since October 2007.
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11. Danielle Arbid
Director | Maarek hob
Born in Lebanon in 1970, Danielle Arbid has been directing films since 1997. Selected for numerous festivals in France and the rest of the world (Cannes, New York, San Francisco, Locarno, Pusan, Tokyo, etc.), Danielle Arbid's first two features, Dans les champs de bataille and Un homme perdu, were ...
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12. Jean Khalil Chamoun
Producer | Yaumiyat Beirut: haqa'eq wa akadheeb wa
Jean Khalil Chamoun was born in 1942 in Lebanon. He was a producer and director, known for Yaumiyat Beirut: haqa'eq wa akadheeb wa (2006), Taif Al-Madina (2000) and 33 Days (2007). He was married to Mai Masri. He died on August 9, 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon.
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13. Randa Chahal Sabag
Director | Le cerf-volant
Randa Chahal Sabag was born on December 11, 1953 in Tripoli, Lebanon. She was a director and writer, known for The Kite (2003), Civilisées (1999) and Les infidèles (1997). She died on August 25, 2008 in Paris, France.
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14. Jocelyne Saab
Director | Dunia
She was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. Her first job was hosting a pop music program on the national Lebanese radio station called "Marsipulami got blue eyes." Then she became a television newsreader. Once civil war broke out in Lebanon, Saab started working on documentary films. That led to a...
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15. Philippe Aractingi
Director | Sous les bombes
Philippe Aractingi: Author, director, producer and photographer
Who is Philippe? Philippe Aractingi is a renowned artist in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Although he was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1964, Philippe is Franco-Lebanese.
Achievements: In the late 70's and early 80's and with no ...
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16. Joana Hadjithomas
Director | A Perfect Day
Key figure of contemporary Lebanese cinema, along with Khalil Joreige, with whom she has worked in partnership since the beginning of her career, Joana Hadjithomas studied (already with Joreige) in France and in the USA. She (and Koreige of course) both graduated from the University of Nanterre and,...
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17. Amin Matalqa
Director | Captain Abu Raed
Born in Jordan, raised in Columbus, Ohio, and living in Los Angeles for the past 19 years, Sundance-winning writer/director Amin Matalqa makes films about dreamers and unsung heroes. His first feature Captain Abu Raed, won the Sundance World Cinema Audience Award (2008) and was the first Oscar ...
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18. Moustapha Akkad
Producer | The Message
The creativity of Moustapha Akkad came in such movies as Lion of the Desert (1980) and The Message (1976), where he directed and showed some really creative amazing view on the history of Islam. As an Arabic Muslim it was really hard for him to make it in Hollywood but no one could deny his talent ...
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19. Haifaa Al-Mansour
Director | Wadjda
Haifaa Al Mansour is the first female filmmaker in Saudi Arabia and is regarded as one of the most significant cinematic figures in the Kingdom. She finished her bachelor's degree in Literature at the American University in Cairo and completed a Master's degree in Directing and Film Studies from ...
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20. Atiq Rahimi
Writer | Khakestar-o-khak
Atiq Rahimi was born on February 26, 1962 in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is a writer and director, known for Earth and Ashes (2004), The Patience Stone (2012) and Our Lady of the Nile (2019).
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21. Siddiq Barmak
Writer | Osama
Date of Birth: September 7, 1962
Growing up in Afghanistan, Siddiq Barmak dreamed of being a cinema projectionist, but he eventually realized that he wanted to have a more hands-on role in filmmaking, and in 1987, he got his masters in film direction.In 1988, he made his first documentary short film...
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