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Director
Qais Al-Zubaidi
- Born January 1, 1945 in Baghdad, Iraq
Qais Al-Zubaidi (قيس الزبيدي) is an Iraqi screenwriter, director, cinematographer and editor born in Baghdad in 1945. He studied editing and image at the Higher Institute of Cinema of Babelsberg in Germany. He first worked on German documentaries for the Higher Institute of Cinema and for Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA) studio. Many of his documentaries, including Far from the Homeland (1969) and Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Wartime (1972), were shot in Syria and focused on Palestinian people.
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He has also edited famous Arab films such as Crown of Thorns directed by Nabil Al-Maleh, The Knife directed by Khaled Hamadeh, Beirut, Oh Beirut director by Maroun Bagdadi, and The Night directed by Muhammad Malas.
Known for
The Night1992
Return to Haifa1982
Al-Yazerli1974
Far Away from Home1969
The Knife1972
The Freedom Giver1987
Men Under the Sun1970
Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Times of War1972
Filmography
- 2026Kings and Extras: Digging for a Palestinian ImageFilmThe Thinker
- 2024The VisitFilmWriter, Camera Operator, Director
- 1992The NightFilmEditor
- 1990Voice of the Silent TimeFilmDirector
- 1987The Freedom GiverFilmDirector
- 1987Waheb al HorriyahFilmDirector, Writer
- 1984Palestine - A People's RecordFilmDirector
- 1984A File on IssuesFilmDirector
- 1982Return to HaifaFilmEditor
- 1980Homeland of Barbed WireFilmDirector
- 1978Hisar MuddadFilmDirector
- 1974Al-YazerliFilmDirector, Writer
- 1974The AdventureFilmWriter
- 1974Mr. ProgressiveFilmScreenplay
- 1972The KnifeFilmEditor
- 1972Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Times of WarFilmDirector, Writer
- 1970Men Under the SunFilmEditor, Writer, Director of Photography
- 1969Far Away from HomeFilmDirector
- 1968Gull's Flight of the YearsFilmDirector