A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Lebanon
Born:
January 21, 1950
Died:
December 10, 1993
Maroun Bagdadi (Arabic: مارون بغدادي; January 21, 1950 – December 11, 1993) was a Lebanese film director known for his vivid portrayal of Lebanon's civil war. Bagdadi was internationally the best-known Lebanese filmmaker of his generation. He worked with American producer/director Francis Coppola and made several films in French that became hits in France. Maroun Bagdadi was 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 1982 Cannes Film Festival, drawing this comment from a prominent film critic: "To make a film about Beirut that eschews polemics for more universal, more human issues is an achievement." His first Lebanese production was for television, an educational program called 7½. 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.
Director:
1975 Beirut, Oh Beirut
1977 Greetings to Kamal Jumblatt
1978 The Most Beautiful of All Mothers
1979 The Story of a Village and a War
1979 We Are All for the Fatherland
1980 Whispers
1982 The Little Wars
1983 War on War
1984 Achoura
1987 The Veiled Man
1988 Lebanon, the Land of Honey and Incense
1991 Out of Life
1992 The Girl in the Air
Producer:
1975 Beirut, Oh Beirut
1977 Greetings to Kamal Jumblatt
1978 The Most Beautiful of All Mothers
1979 The Story of a Village and a War
1979 We Are All for the Fatherland
1980 Whispers
1982 The Little Wars
1983 War on War
1984 Achoura
1987 The Veiled Man
1988 Lebanon, the Land of Honey and Incense
1991 Out of Life
1992 The Girl in the Air
Screenplay:
1975 Beirut, Oh Beirut
1977 Greetings to Kamal Jumblatt
1978 The Most Beautiful of All Mothers
1979 The Story of a Village and a War
1979 We Are All for the Fatherland
1980 Whispers
1982 The Little Wars
1983 War on War
1984 Achoura
1987 The Veiled Man
1988 Lebanon, the Land of Honey and Incense
1991 Out of Life
1992 The Girl in the Air
Writer:
1975 Beirut, Oh Beirut
1977 Greetings to Kamal Jumblatt
1978 The Most Beautiful of All Mothers
1979 The Story of a Village and a War
1979 We Are All for the Fatherland
1980 Whispers
1982 The Little Wars
1983 War on War
1984 Achoura
1987 The Veiled Man
1988 Lebanon, the Land of Honey and Incense
1991 Out of Life
1992 The Girl in the Air
Director:
1989 Les Jupons de la révolution
Scenario Writer:
1989 Les Jupons de la révolution
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