Jocelyne Saab

Directing·Apr 30, 1948·Beirut, Lebanon

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Jocelyne Saab was a filmmaker and a photographer. She was born in 1948 and grew up in Beirut. In 1973, she became a war reporter in the Middle-East, covering the war of October for Magazine 52, the third television channel in France. In 1975 she directed her first feature film, a documentary released in Parisian cinemas: Lebanon in Turmoil, distributed by Pascale Dauman. She will then cover the Lebanese war for fifteen years, during which she directs almost thirty films, including Beirut, never again, broadcasted on France 2 in 1976, Letter from Beirut and Beirut, my city, broadcasted on France 3 between 1978 and 1982. In 1977 both Egypt, City of the Dead and The Sahara is not up for sale and were shot and released in Parisian cinemas. In 1981, she shots Iran, Utopia in the making on the days following the Iranian revolution, which received several international prizes. In 1998, she went to Vietnam and directed a documentary called The Lady of Saigon, which is awarded best French documentary by the French senate. It’s broadcasted on France 2, and in many international festivals.

Film	Credit
Revolutionaries Never Die2026 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
My Name is Mei Shigenobu2018 · Director	Director
Imaginary Postcards2016 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
One Dollar a Day2016 · Director	Director
Gender Cafe2013 · Director	Director
What's Going On?2009 · Producer, Screenplay, Director	Producer, Screenplay, Director
Dunia2006 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Lady of Saigon1996 · Director	Director
Once Upon a Time in Beirut1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Fertilization in Video1991 · Director	Director
Les Almées, danseuses orientales1989 · Director	Director
La Tueuse1988 · Director	Director
Arab Camera1987 · Self	Self
TThe Architect of Louxor1986 · Director	Director
As Kineastas1986 · Actor	Actor
The Ghosts of Alexandria1986 · Director	Director
La Croix des Pharaons1986 · Director	Director
L’Amour d’Allah1986 · Director	Director
The Razor's Edge1985 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Beirut, My City1983 · Self, Director, Director of Photography	Self, Director, Director of Photography
The Ship of Exile1982 · Writer, Director, Director of Photography	Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Lebanese, Hostages of Their City1982 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography	Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography
Iran, Utopia on the Move1980 · Director	Director
Making of Nahla1979 · Self, Director	Self, Director
A Letter from Beirut1978 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Egypt, City of the Dead1978 · Director	Director
Sahara Is Not for Sale1977 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Beirut, Never Again1976 · Narrator (English Voice-Over) (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography, Producer	Narrator (English Voice-Over) (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography, Producer
South Lebanon: The Story of a Village Under Siege1976 · Director	Director
Children of War1976 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
For a Few Lives1976 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Lebanon in a Whirlwind1975 · Self (uncredited), Director, Producer	Self (uncredited), Director, Producer
Rejection Front1975 · Director	Director
Personal Drawing of a French Mercenary1975 · Director	Director
Palestinian Women1974 · Producer, Screenplay, Director	Producer, Screenplay, Director
Les Palestiniens continuent1974 · Director	Director