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

الطرائف الغريبة والنوادر العجيبة
as Supervising Art Director, Creator
1998

حكايات قبل أن تنزل الآيات
as Supervising Art Director, Creator
1998

خذ بيدي
as Supervising Art Director, Creator
1997

ورشة حارتنا
as Supervising Art Director
1997
Ammunitions
as Director
1997

أوائل العرب
as Supervising Art Director, Creator
1996

صندوق الدنيا
as Art Direction, Supervising Art Director, Creator
1996

اللغة العربية
as Supervising Art Director, Writer, Creator
1995

اللسان العربي
as Creator
1995

King Ghazi of Iraq
1993

Babel habibiti
as Director, Screenplay
1988

The Princess and the River
as Director
1982

The Sniper
as Writer, Director
1980

Iftah Ya Simsim
as Creator
1979

The River
as Writer, Director
1978

The Head
as Director
1977

The Mexican Hoax
as Writer
1972

Hamido's Return
as Director
1971