Qais Al-Zubaidi

Directing·Jan 1, 1945·Baghdad, Iraq

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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.

Film	Credit
Kings and Extras: Digging for a Palestinian Image2026 · The Thinker	The Thinker
The Visit2024 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
VVoice of the Silent Time1990 · Director	Director
The Freedom Giver1987 · Director	Director
WWaheb al Horriyah1987 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
AA File on Issues1984 · Director	Director
PPalestine - A People's Record1984 · Director	Director
Homeland of Barbed Wire1980 · Director	Director
Hisar Muddad1978 · Director	Director
Al-Yazerli1974 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Adventure1974 · Writer	Writer
Mr. Progressive1974 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Times of War1972 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Men Under the Sun1970 · Writer, Director of Photography	Writer, Director of Photography
Far Away from Home1969 · Director	Director
GGull's Flight of the Years1968 · Director	Director