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Jan 21, 1950
Dec 10, 1993 (43)
Lebanon
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Maroun Bagdadi
Maroun Bagdadi (Arabic: مارون بغدادي; January 21, 1950 – December 11, 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. 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.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Director on the Edge of Reality | himself |
| 1982 | Room 666 | Self |
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Girl in the Air | Director |
| 1992 | The Girl in the Air | Writer |
| 1991 | Out of Life | Director |
| 1991 | Out of Life | Screenplay |
| 1989 | Les Jupons de la révolution | Director |
| 1989 | Les Jupons de la révolution | Scenario Writer |
| 1988 | Lebanon, the Land of Honey and Incense | Director |
| 1987 | The Veiled Man | Director |
| 1987 | The Veiled Man | Writer |
| 1984 | Achoura | Director |
| 1983 | War on War | Director |
| 1982 | The Little Wars | Screenplay |
| 1982 | The Little Wars | Director |
| 1982 | The Little Wars | Producer |
| 1980 | Whispers | Director |
| 1979 | We Are All for the Fatherland | Director |
| 1979 | The Story of a Village and a War | Director |
| 1978 | The Most Beautiful of All Mothers | Director |
| 1977 | Greetings to Kamal Jumblatt | Writer |
| 1977 | Greetings to Kamal Jumblatt | Director |
| 1975 | Beirut, Oh Beirut | Director |