- Maroun Baghdadi
Infobox Actor
name = Maroun Baghdadi
imagesize = 150px
caption = Maroun Baghdadi
birthdate = birth date|1950|1|21|mf=y
birthplace = flagicon|LebanonLebanon
deathdate = Death date and age|1993|12|11|1950|01|21
deathplace = flagicon|LebanonLebanon
occupation =Film director
spouse ="Maroun Baghdadi" (Arabic:مارون بغدادي) (
January 21 1950 –December 11 1993 ) a Lebanese film director known for his vivid portrayal ofLebanon 's civil war. Baghdadi was internationally the best-known Lebanese filmmaker of his generation. He worked with American producer/directorFrancis Coppola and made several films in French that became hits inFrance . [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR116471.html?categoryid=25&cs=1 Variety Magazine] ]Career
Maroun Baghdadi is arguably
Lebanon 's most prominent filmmaker, one whose work has been seen all over the world. One of his best-known films, "Houroub Saghira" (Little Wars ), was shown at the 1982Cannes Film Festival , drawing this comment from a prominent film critic: "To make a film aboutBeirut that eschews polemics for more universal, more human issues is an achievement." His first Lebanese production was for television, an educational program called "7 1/2." In 1975, he directed his first feature film,Beyrouth Ya Beyrouth .Koullouna Lil Watan , a 75-minute documentary produced in 1979, won the Jury Honor Prize at the International Leipzig Festival Documentary and Animated Film. [ [http://www.todaysoutlook.com/lebanese/archive/index_eume.htm Today's Outlook Magazine] ]Filmography
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The Girl in the Air (1992)
*Out of Life (1991)
*The Veiled Man (1987)
*Little Wars(1982)
*Wispers (1980)
*The Procession (1980)
*We Are All for the Fatherland (1979)
*The Story of a Village and a War (1979)
*The Martyr (1979)
*Ninety (1978)
*The Most Beautiful of All Mothers (1978)
*Greetings to Kamal Jumblat (1977)
*The South Is Fine, How About You (1976)
*The Majority Is Standing Strong (1976)
*Kafarkala (1976)
*Beirut Oh Beirut (1975)Awards
*Jury Prize at the 1991
Cannes Film Festival forOut of Life (Hors La Vie) [ [http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1991/awardCompetition.html Cannes Film Festival] ]
*Jury Honor Prize at the International Leipzig Festival Documentary and Animated Film forKoullouna Lil Watan [ [http://www.todaysoutlook.com/lebanese/archive/index_eume.htm Today's Outlook Magazine] ]External links
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