Maroun Bagdadi
Maroun Bagdadi
Born(1950-01-21)January 21, 1950
Lebanon
DiedDecember 10, 1993(1993-12-10) (aged 43)
Lebanon
OccupationFilm director
SpouseSoraya Khoury
Children3

Maroun Bagdadi (also Baghdadi; Arabic: مارون بغدادي, mārūn baġdādi; January 21, 1950 – December 10, 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.[1]

Career

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.[2]

Bagdadi died on December 10, 1993, aged 43, allegedly after an accidental fall down an elevator shaft at his home in Beirut.[3] He was survived by his wife, Soraya, whose acting career continues as of 2017,[4] and their three children.

Filmography

  • La Fille de l'air (1992)
  • Out of Life (1991)
  • Lebanon, the Land of Honey and Incense (1988)
  • The Veiled Man (1987)
  • Little Wars (1982)
  • Whispers (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

References

  1. ↑ Variety Magazine
  2. 1 2 "Today's Outlook Magazine". Archived from the original on 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Movie Director Maroun Baghdadi Dies In Fall". Associated Press. 1993-12-11.
  4. ↑ Nasr, Nahed. "INTERVIEW - Souraya Baghdadi on late Lebanese director Maroun Baghdadi: A free man with a critical mind". Al-Ahram (Interview).
  5. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Out of Life". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
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