Kamel El Basha
Born (1962-03-14) March 14, 1962
East Jerusalem
Occupation(s)Actor, theatre director
Years active1987–present
AwardsVolpi Cup for Best Actor 2017
Websitekamelelbasha.com

Kamel El Basha or Kamel el-Basha (Arabic: كامل الباشا) (born March 14, 1962 in East Jerusalem), is a Palestinian theater actor and director and film actor who won the 2017 Volpi Cup for Best Actor (masculine) during the 74th Venice International Film Festival for his role as Yasser Abdallah Salameh in The Insult (also known in Arabic: قضية رقم ٢٣, romanized: Qadiyya raqm 23, lit. 'Case No. 23') by the Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri.[1][2] It was El Basha's first major role on screen, although he had appeared in a number of theatrical productions, actually also directing some of them, in addition to a handful of films in small roles.

Kamel El Basha is a Palestinian actor of screen and stage, theater director, play-writer and producer. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s. He gained critical acclaim in 2017 when he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (male) during the 74th Venice International Film Festival for his role as Yasser Abdallah Salameh in The Insult by the Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri. It was El Basha's first major role on screen, although he had appeared in a number of theatrical productions, actually also directing some of them. He is the former artistic director of the Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem from 2007 to 2011 and the artistic director of Quds Art since 2012. [3] [4]

Filmography

  • 2002 : Case (حاله )
  • 2009: Lesh Sabreen?
  • 2014: Al Helm,documentary
  • 2015: Love, Theft and Other Entanglements AKA Al-hob wa al-sariqa wa mashakel ukhra as Abu Mustafa
  • 2015: Solomon's Stone (film) as a police investigator
  • 2016 : Defying my disability , doc: executive producer
  • 2017: The Insult as Yasser Abdallah Salameh
  • 2017 : السهام المارقه TV
  • 2018: the reports on Sarah and Saleem as: Abo epraheem
  • 2019 : Green Grass as Hussen
  • 2020: The Traslater as Prof Raed
  • 2020: Carfew as Yihia
  • 2022: Room 207 as Mina (tv)
  • 2023: Culprits as Youssef Mizouni

Theatre

(Selective)
Directing

  • Suquut al Qastal (سقوط القسطل)
  • Ness Kiis Rasas (نص كيس رصاص)
  • Al Qamees al Masruq (القميص المسروق)
  • Madeenat al Sa'aada (مدينة السعادة)
  • Ward wa Yasmeen (ورد وياسمين)
  • Al Arees (العريس)
  • Sahra Maqdisiyyah (سهرة مقدسية)

Acting

  • Al Qamees al Masruq (القميص المسروق)
  • Al Aydi al Qazira (الأيدي القذرة)
  • Al Zeer Salem (الزير سالم)
  • Mawta bila Qubuur (موتى بلا قبور)
  • Hajar al Tahqeeq (حجر التحقيق)

References

  1. ↑ "Kamel El Basha Wins Big at the Venice Film Festival". Vogue Arabia. 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  2. ↑ "Palestinian wins best actor award at Venice film fest". Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Kamel El Basha's Official Site - Biography". english.kamelelbasha.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  4. ↑ "Kamel El Basha". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
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