Person
Qais Al-Zubaidi
Directing · Born 1945-01-01 · Baghdad, Iraq
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.
Known for
Gull's Flight of the Years
Director
Mr. Progressive
Screenplay
Kings and Extras: Digging for a Palestinian Image
The Thinker
Al-Yazerli
Director
The Visit
Writer
Hisar Muddad
Director
The Night
Editor
The Knife
Editor
The Adventure
Writer
Men Under the Sun
Editor
Filmography
- 2026Kings and Extras: Digging for a Palestinian ImageThe Thinker
- 2024The VisitWriter
- 1992The NightEditor
- 1990Voice of the Silent TimeDirector
- 1987The Freedom GiverDirector
- 1987Waheb al HorriyahDirector
- 1984A File on IssuesDirector
- 1984Palestine - A People's RecordDirector
- 1982Return to HaifaEditor
- 1980Homeland of Barbed WireDirector
- 1978Hisar MuddadDirector
- 1974Al-YazerliDirector
- 1974The AdventureWriter
- 1974Mr. ProgressiveScreenplay
- 1972Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Times of WarDirector
- 1972The KnifeEditor
- 1970Men Under the SunEditor
- 1969Far Away from HomeDirector
- 1968Gull's Flight of the YearsDirector
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