Creator
Community Rating
9.7
TMDB estimate
Born
September 16, 1933
Died
October 27, 2022 (age 89)
Born in
Iraq
He was born in 1933. He worked in journalism in 1948. He published a collection of short stories titled On the Road. He also published a novel titled She Was a Virgin (1952). Before turning to the cinema, he obtained a distinction in directing and editing for television from Vienna, and worked in 1958 as a director for Baghdad TV. He also worked from 1959 to 1962 as a director for East Germany TV, and at the end of 1965, he worked on Syrian TV until his work in the movie The Head (1976) in Iraq. He directed a number of documentaries and about ten feature films, including the films: The River (1977), and The Sniper (1979). Among the television series that he directed are: Gold Dinars, and The Blue Book.
Bagdad My Rosy Dream
as Director
2013
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الطرائف الغريبة والنوادر العجيبة
as Supervising Art Director, Creator
1998
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حكايات قبل أن تنزل الآيات
as Supervising Art Director, Creator
1998
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خذ بيدي
as Supervising Art Director, Creator
1997
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ورشة حارتنا
as Supervising Art Director
1997
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Ammunitions
as Director
1997
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أوائل العرب
as Supervising Art Director, Creator
1996
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صندوق الدنيا
as Art Direction, Supervising Art Director, Creator
1996
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اللغة العربية
as Supervising Art Director, Writer, Creator
1995
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اللسان العربي
as Creator
1995
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King Ghazi of Iraq
1993
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Babel habibiti
as Director, Screenplay
1988
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The Princess and the River
as Director
1982
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The Sniper
as Writer, Director
1980
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Iftah Ya Simsim
as Creator
1979
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The River
as Writer, Director
1978
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The Head
as Director
1977
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The Mexican Hoax
as Writer
1972
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Hamido's Return
as Director
1971
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