Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 01, 1945
Place of Birth
Baghdad, Iraq
Credits
19 titles
Qais Al-Zubaidi
Biography
Qais Al-Zubaidi (قيس الزبيدي) is an Iraqi screenwriter, director, cinematographer and editor born in Baghdad in 1945. He studied editing and image at the Higher Institute of Cinema of Babelsberg in Germany. He first worked on German documentaries for the Higher Institute of Cinema and for Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA) studio. Many of his documentaries, including Far from the Homeland (1969) and Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Wartime (1972), were shot in Syria and focused on Palestinian people. He has also edited famous Arab films such as Crown of Thorns directed by Nabil Al-Maleh, The Knife directed by Khaled Hamadeh, Beirut, Oh Beirut director by Maroun Bagdadi, and The Night directed by Muhammad Malas.
Known For
Filmography
Kings and Extras: Digging for a Palestinian Image
The Thinker
The Visit
Camera Operator
The Night
Editor
Voice of the Silent Time
Director
The Freedom Giver
Director
Waheb al Horriyah
Writer
A File on Issues
Director
Palestine - A People's Record
Director
Return to Haifa
Editor
Homeland of Barbed Wire
Director
Hisar Muddad
Director
Al-Yazerli
Director
The Adventure
Writer
Mr. Progressive
Screenplay
Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Times of War
Director
The Knife
Editor
Men Under the Sun
Writer
Far Away from Home
Director
Gull's Flight of the Years
Director