Occupation Film director Awards Cannes Jury Prize Role Film director | Name Maroun Bagdadi Children 3 Ex-spouse Soraya Khoury | |
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Born January 21, 1950 ( 1950-01-21 ) Lebanon Died December 11, 1993, Lebanon Movies Out of Life, Little Wars, La Fille de l'air Similar People Hippolyte Girardot, Didier Decoin, Jean‑Luc Godard, Elias Khoury, Gabriel Yared | ||
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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.
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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.