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Full Name
  
Mohammad Bakri

Spouse
  
Leila Bakri

Role
  
Actor


Name
  
Mohammad Bakri

Years active
  
1983-present

Education
  
Tel Aviv University

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Born
  
1953 (age 61–62)
Bi'ina, Israel

Children
  
Saleh Bakri, Adam Bakri, Ziad Bakri

Movies
  
Laila's Birthday, Private, The Flowers of Kirkuk, Beyond the Walls, The Lark Farm

Similar People
  
Saleh Bakri, Adam Bakri, Ziad Bakri, Rashid Masharawi, Pini Tavger

Mohammad bakri


Mohammad Bakri (born 1953; Arabic: محمد بكري‎‎, is a Palestinian actor and film director. He is a graduate from Tel Aviv University.

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Biography

Muhammad Bakri was born in the village of Bi'ina in northern Israel. He went to elementary school in his hometown and received his secondary education in the nearby city of Akko. He studied acting and Arabic literature at Tel Aviv University in 1973 and graduated three years later.

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Bakri is married to Leila and have six children. His sons Adam, Ziad and Saleh Bakri are also actors.

Acting and film career

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Bakri began his professional acting career in with Habima Theatre in Tel Aviv, Haifa theater and al-Kasaba theater in Ramallah. His one-man plays, "The Pessoptimist," 1986, "The Anchor," 1991, "Season of Migration to the North 1993," and "Abu Marmar," 1999, were performed in Hebrew and Arabic.

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After a few years of acting in Palestinian and Israeli film, Bakri began to act in international films in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Canada. Bakri also directed two documentary films including the controversial "Jenin, Jenin".

Controversy

After Operation Defensive Shield in April 2002, Bakri interviewed residents of the Jenin refugee camp and produced a film based on their testimony, Jenin, Jenin. Some of the survivors described a massacre of hundreds of people. Bakri did not interview Israeli officials. After three showings the film was banned by the Israeli Film Board, which claimed it was not a documentary as it showed only one side of the story. Nevertheless, Bakri showed the film at the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem cinematheques and Arab theaters such as Al-Midan in Haifa.

Bakri petitioned the High Court of Justice for prohibiting the screening of the film on the grounds that it distorted the truth. After a long fight, the court rejected the censor's decision. In 2004, the Israeli High Court finally upheld its earlier overturn of the ban, but joined the Film Board in labeling the film a "propagandistic lie," based on Israeli sources which acknowledged only 52 Palestinian deaths, 38 of whom Israeli sources argued were armed fighters. In response to the court's criticism, Bakri stated that he had "seen hundreds of films that deny and ignore what happened to Palestinians, yet [people haven’t] complained or tried to ban any film."

In 2007, five soldiers who fought in the Jenin refugee camp during Operation Defensive Shield in 2002 sued the cinamatheques in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem for screening the film in the midst of the ban, and sued Bakri for 2.5 million NIS for producing the film. In July 2008 Bakri was acquitted of the charges.

Jenin-Jenin earned two awards: the "Best Film" award at the Carthage International Film Festival, 2002, and the International Prize for Mediterranean Documentary Filmmaking and Reporting.

Israeli right-wing group Im Tirtzu organized a campaign against Bakri. Im Tirtzu opposed a production of Federico Garcia Lorca's "The House of Bernarda Alba" in which Bakri played the role of Bernarda. The play was produced in 2012 at Tel Aviv's Tzavta Theater. Israel's Academy of the Performing Arts was behind the production. While refusing Im Tirtzu's request to intervene, Culture Minister Limor Livnat criticized the judgment of the theater's administration.

Awards and recognition

  • Award for the Best Actor for the role in "Private" in Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2005
  • Best Actor Award for Private by Saverio Costanzo, Locarno International Film Festival 2004
  • Palestine Prize for Cinema 1999 Ramallah
  • Award for the Best Actor for the role in "Haifa" by Rashid Masharawi, Valencia Festival 1997
  • Award for the Best Actor for the role in "Beyond the Walls II" by Uri Barabash, Valencia Festival 1994
  • Award for the Best Actor for the role in "Beyond the Walls" by Uri Barabash, Israel 1984
  • Award for the best actor for the role in Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih, adapted and directed by Ouriel Zohar, in the Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre, Israel 1993.
  • Filmography

    Actor
    -
    The Art of Waiting (Short) (post-production) as
    Radio Announcer
    2022
    Cairo Conspiracy as
    General Al Sakran
    2021
    The Stranger as
    Abu Adnan
    2020
    Homeland (TV Series) as
    Abdul Qadir G'ulom
    - Threnody(s) (2020) - Abdul Qadir G'ulom
    - F**ker Shot Me (2020) - Abdul Qadir G'ulom
    - Two Minutes (2020) - Abdul Qadir G'ulom
    - Chalk Two Down (2020) - Abdul Qadir G'ulom
    - Chalk One Up (2020) - Abdul Qadir G'ulom
    - Catch and Release (2020) - Abdul Qadir G'ulom
    - Deception Indicated (2020) - Abdul Qadir G'ulom
    2019
    Strange Cities Are Familiar (Short) as
    Ashraf
    2018
    In His Place (Short) as
    Mohammad
    2018
    The Tower as
    Lutfi
    2017
    American Assassin as
    Ashani
    2017
    Wajib as
    Abu-Shadi
    2017
    The Bureau (TV Series) as
    Ahmad Shahanah
    - Episode #3.5 (2017) - Ahmad Shahanah
    - Episode #3.4 (2017) - Ahmad Shahanah
    - Episode #3.3 (2017) - Ahmad Shahanah
    - Episode #3.2 (2017) - Ahmad Shahanah
    - Episode #3.1 (2017) - Ahmad Shahanah
    2016
    The Night Of (TV Mini Series) as
    Tariq
    - Ordinary Death (2016) - Tariq
    - The Season of the Witch (2016) - Tariq
    - A Dark Crate (2016) - Tariq
    2016
    Of Kings and Prophets (TV Series) as
    Samuel
    - No King Is Saved (2016) - Samuel
    - Broken Teeth of the Ungodly (2016) - Samuel
    - Train My Hands for War (2016) - Samuel
    - Honor in the Dust (2016) - Samuel
    - Little Lower Than the Angels (2016) - Samuel
    - Beasts of the Reeds (2016) - Samuel
    - Lest I Sleep the Sleep of Death (2016) - Samuel
    - Let the Wicked Be Ashamed (2016) - Samuel
    - Offerings of Blood (2016) - Samuel
    2015
    Between Two Deaths (Short)
    2015
    Inertia as
    Max
    2014
    Blackness (Short) as
    Father
    2014
    Fairuz (Short) as
    Yussef
    2014
    The Warren (Short) as
    Abu Mahmoud
    2014
    Tyrant (TV Series) as
    Sheik Rashid
    - Preventative Medicine (2014) - Sheik Rashid
    - What the World Needs Now (2014) - Sheik Rashid
    - Hail Mary (2014) - Sheik Rashid
    2014
    The Savior as
    Herod / Devil
    2013
    Home (Short)
    2013
    Giraffada as
    Hassan (as Mohamed Bakri)
    2013
    Placebo as
    Alfred (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2013
    Overflow (Short) as
    No Name (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2012
    Water (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2012
    Wild Horses (Short) as
    Ashraf (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2011
    The Salt Fisherman (Short)
    2011
    Adama (TV Mini Series) as
    Moshe
    - Episode #1.5 (2011) - Moshe
    - Episode #1.4 (2011) - Moshe
    - Episode #1.3 (2011) - Moshe
    - Episode #1.2 (2011) - Moshe
    - Episode #1.1 (2011) - Moshe
    2010
    Piece of Bread (Short)(as Mohammed Bakri)
    2010
    The Clock and the Man (Short)(as Mohammed Bakri)
    2010
    The Flowers of Kirkuk as
    Old Sherko (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2010
    Weddings and Other Disasters as
    Sergio Bauer (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2009
    Zindeeq (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2008
    Laila's Birthday as
    Abu Laila (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2007
    The Lark Farm as
    Nazim (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2006
    Nuzhat al-Fuad as
    Ezra / Kahiri (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2005
    Yasmine's Song (Short) as
    Abu Odeh (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2004
    Private as
    Mohammad B. (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2003
    The Olive Harvest (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2002
    Il bambino di Betlemme (TV Movie) as
    Padre Otman (as Muhamad Bakri)
    2001
    Desperado Square as
    Avram Mandabon (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2001
    The Body as
    Abu Yusef (as Muhamed Bakri)
    1997
    Short Stories About Love (TV Mini Series)
    - Ben Gurion (1997) - (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1997
    Sous les pieds des femmes as
    Amin 1996 (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1997
    The Milky Way as
    Mahmud (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1996
    Luna V'Hahamor (Short)(as Mohammed Bakri)
    1996
    Haïfa as
    Haifa (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1995
    Hikayatul jawahiri thalath as
    Aida's father (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1994
    Scar (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1993
    The Mummy Lives as
    Alexatos (as Muhamed Bakri)
    1992
    Beyond the Walls II as
    Issan (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1992
    Double Edge as
    Mustafa Shafik (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1991
    Cup Final as
    Ziad (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1991
    Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story (TV Movie)(as Mohammed Bakri)
    1989
    Foreign Nights as
    Morod (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1989
    The Shelter (Short)(as Mohammed Bakri)
    1988
    Rami og Julie as
    Rami's Cousin (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1987
    Death Before Dishonor as
    Gavril (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1986
    Esther as
    Mordecai (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1984
    Beyond the Walls as
    Isam Jabarin (as Mohamad Bakri)
    1984
    La maison de la mémoire as
    Abdel Al (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1984
    On a Clear Day You Can See Damascus (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1983
    Fellow Travellers
    1983
    Hanna K. as
    Selim Bakri (as Mohammed Bakri)
    Director
    2014
    Blackness (Short)
    2012
    Water (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2009
    Zahara (Documentary) (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2005
    Since You've Been Gone (Documentary) (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2003
    Jenin, Jenin (Documentary) (as Mohammed Bakri)
    1998
    1948 (Documentary)
    Producer
    2014
    Blackness (Short) (producer)
    2005
    Since You've Been Gone (Documentary) (producer - as Mohammed Bakri)
    2003
    Jenin, Jenin (Documentary) (producer - as Mohammed Bakri)
    1997
    The Milky Way (executive producer - as Mohammed Bakri)
    Writer
    2014
    Blackness (Short)
    2005
    Since You've Been Gone (Documentary) (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2003
    Jenin, Jenin (Documentary) (writer - as Mohammed Bakri)
    Self
    2018
    A Palestina Brasileira (Documentary) as
    Self
    2012
    Restiamo umani: The Reading Movie as
    Self (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2010
    Sense of Morning (Short)(voice, as Mohammed Bakri)
    2010
    24 Hours With (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.3 (2010) - Self
    2009
    Cinema 3 (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 20 June 2009 (2009) - Self (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2009
    A History of Israeli Cinema (Documentary)(as Mohammed Bakri)
    2006
    Douce France (Documentary) as
    Self
    2004
    Le 11 septembre n'a pas eu lieu... (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self (as Mohammed Bakri)
    2001
    In Search of Peace (Documentary) as
    Self
    1998
    1948 (Documentary) as
    Self (interviewer)

    References

    Mohammad Bakri Wikipedia