Maroun Bagdadi
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Maroun Bagdadi (also Baghdadi; Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "lang".; 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 is survived by his wife and favorite actress, Soraya, a daughter of former defense minister Victor Khoury[4] whose acting career continues as of 2017,[5] 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
- Jury Prize at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival for Out of Life (Hors La Vie)[6]
- Jury Honor Prize at the International Leipzig Festival Documentary and Animated Film for Koullouna Lil Watan[2]
References
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