About

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Place of birth:
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Samir Abdallah

Overview

Samir Abdallah was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to Egyptian modern art pioneer Hamed Abdallah and his Danish nurse wife. He has lived in France since the age of six, where he acquired French nationality.

After studying Drama and Cinema at the University of Nanterre in the early 1980s, he participated in the creation of the IM’Média Agency with his brother Mogniss, and produced numerous reports and documentaries on Immigration for the program Rencontres, on the French channel FR3, between 1988 and 1991. He has produced, alone or in collaboration, numerous documentaries, including: Islam in France, between traditions and modernity in 1990, The Revolt of Veaux-en-Velin in 1991, Journeys in the Land of the People, in 1991, The Ballad of the Undocumented in 1997, The Siege in 2002, Writers of the Borders, travels in Palestine(s), in 2004, Quo Va Dis?, in 2006, After the War, It’s Always War, in 2007, Gaza-strophe, Palestine, in 2009, Candidates for Arabs?, in 2012, In Revolutionary Cairo, since 2011…

In 1991, he founded L’Yeux ouverts, which organizes workshops in neighborhoods and leads an international network of public screenings of films expressing a critical point of view on the contemporary world. It has more than 3,000 partners, associations and organizations, in France, Europe, Arab countries, and the Americas. This network, called Cinemeteque, develops the film website of the same name.

Known for

Acting

1998 The Battle of Production Actor Self 58
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Directing

2025 La bataille du Petit Bard Directing Director N/A
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2012 Candidats pour du beur ? Directing Director N/A
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2011 Gaza-strophe, Palestine Directing Director N/A
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2002 Chronique d'un siège Directing Director N/A
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1998 Pour Titus Directing Director N/A
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1997 La Ballade des sans-papiers Directing Director N/A
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1985 Le mouvement Gutenberg Directing Director N/A
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1985 Les "Folles de la Place Vendôme" Directing Director N/A
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Writers on the Borders - A Journey to Palestine(s) Directing Director N/A
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Décembre 1999, Ramadan 1420, Une faim de siècle Directing Director N/A
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Writing

1985 Les "Folles de la Place Vendôme" Writing Writer N/A
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Crew

2012 Candidats pour du beur ? Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing

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