About

Known credits:
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Birthday:
1950-01-21
Place of birth:
Lebanon
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Maroun Bagdadi

Overview

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.

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.

Known for

Acting
2013 Director on the Edge of Reality Actor himself N/A
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1982 Room 666 Actor Self 59
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Directing
1992 The Girl in the Air Directing Director 59
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1991 Out of Life Directing Director 59
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1988 Lebanon, the Land of Honey and Incense Directing Director N/A
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1987 The Veiled Man Directing Director 58
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1984 Achoura Directing Director N/A
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1983 War on War Directing Director 59
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1982 The Little Wars Directing Director 58
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1980 Whispers Directing Director 59
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1979 We Are All for the Fatherland Directing Director 59
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1979 The Story of a Village and a War Directing Director 59
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1978 The Most Beautiful of All Mothers Directing Director 59
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1977 Greetings to Kamal Jumblatt Directing Director 59
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1975 Beirut, Oh Beirut Directing Director 59
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Writing
1992 The Girl in the Air Writing Writer 59
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1991 Out of Life Writing Screenplay 59
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1987 The Veiled Man Writing Writer 58
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1982 The Little Wars Writing Screenplay 58
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Production
1982 The Little Wars Production Producer 58
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