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Qais Al-Zubaidi
Baghdad, Iraq
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 Cinem…
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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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2026
Kings and Extras: Digging for a Palestinian Image
Movie The Thinker
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2024
The Visit
Movie Director
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1992
The Night
Movie Editor
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1990
Voice of the Silent Time
Movie Director
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1987
The Freedom Giver
Movie Director
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1987
Waheb al Horriyah
Movie Writer
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1984
A File on Issues
Movie Director
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1984
Palestine - A People's Record
Movie Director
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1982
Return to Haifa
Movie Editor
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1980
Homeland of Barbed Wire
Movie Director
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1978
Hisar Muddad
Movie Director
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1974
Al-Yazerli
Movie Director
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1974
Mr. Progressive
Movie Screenplay
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1974
The Adventure
Movie Writer
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1972
Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Times of War
Movie Director
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1972
The Knife
Movie Editor
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1970
Men Under the Sun
Movie Writer
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1969
Far Away from Home
Movie Director
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1968
Gull's Flight of the Years
Movie Director
