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Maroun Bagdadi

Maroun Bagdadi

Born: January 21, 1950
Died: December 10, 1993
in Lebanon
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.

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Director on the Edge of Reality
Title: Director on the Edge of Reality
Character: himself
Released: February 1, 2013
Type: Movie
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A biography of the late filmmaker, Maroun Bagdadi, portraying the stages of his life, excerpts from his interviews and films until the very last moments of his life.
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Room 666
Title: Room 666
Character: Self
Released: June 1, 1982
Type: Movie
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During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wenders asks a number of global film directors to, one at a time, go into a hotel room, turn on the camera and answer a simple question: "What is the future of cinema?"
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