Director
Qais Al-Zubaidi
Born 1945 · 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 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.
Directed
Al-Yazerli
Director · 1974
Far Away from Home
Director · 1969
Palestine - A People's Record
Director · 1984
The Visit
Director · 2024
Hisar Muddad
Director · 1978
Homeland of Barbed Wire
Director · 1980
Gull's Flight of the Years
Director · 1968
A File on Issues
Director · 1984
Voice of the Silent Time
Director · 1990
Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Times of War
Director · 1972
The Freedom Giver
Director · 1987
Waheb al Horriyah
Director · 1987
