Director

Qais Al-Zubaidi

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 1357630

IMDb ID: nm3781925

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1945

Age: 81

Place of birth: Baghdad, Iraq

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1969 - 2024

Years active: 56

Wikidata: Q105588578

Also known as

Kais al-Zubaidi • Kaiss al-Zubaidi • Kays al Zubaidi • Kaïs Al-Zoubaïdi • Kais al-Zoubaidi • Kays Al Zbaide • Qais Al-Zubaidi • Qays al-Zubaydi

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Director (6)Editor (2)Writer (2)Camera Operator (1)Screenplay (1)

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Biography

Qais Al-Zubaidi (قيس الزبيدي) is an Iraqi screenwriter, director, cinematographer and editor born in Baghdad in 1945. He studied editing and image at the Higher Institute of Cinema of Babelsberg in Germany. He first worked on German documentaries for the Higher Institute of Cinema and for Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA) studio. Many of his documentaries, including Far from the Homeland (1969) and Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Wartime (1972), were shot in Syria and focused on Palestinian people. He has also edited famous Arab films such as Crown of Thorns directed by Nabil Al-Maleh, The Knife directed by Khaled Hamadeh, Beirut, Oh Beirut director by Maroun Bagdadi, and The Night directed by Muhammad Malas.

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