Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 03, 1950
Place of Birth
Nazareth, Israel
Credits
12 titles
Michel Khleifi
Biography
Michel Khleifi (Arabic: ميشيل خليفي}, born in 1950 in Nazareth, is a Palestinian film writer, director and producer, presently based in Belgium. Khleifi emigrated to Belgium in 1970, where he studied television and theatre directing at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle (INSAS). After graduating from INSAS, he worked in Belgium television before turning to making his own films. He has directed and produced several documentary and feature films. He has received several awards, including the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Shell at San Sebastián International Film Festival and the André Cavens Award in 1987 for his film Wedding in Galilee. Khleifi currently teaches at INSAS
Known For
Filmography
Une vie contre l'oubli
Zindeeq
Director
Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel
Himself
Tale of the Three Jewels
Director
Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land
Director
L'ordre du jour
Director
Canticle of Stones
Director
Wedding in Galilee
Director
Trio
Self
Arab Camera
Self
Ma'loul Celebrates Its Destruction
Director
Fertile Memory
Director