Ziad Doueiri (born 1963) is a Lebanese-born
cinematographer, film director and writer. He is best known for his
award-winning films West Beirut (1998) and The Insult (2017), a film nominated
at the 90th Academy Awards representing Lebanon.
Doueiri left Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War to
study in the United States. Doueiri first gained notice from his work under
Quentin Tarantino as camera assistant for movies that include Jackie Brown,From
dusk till Dawn, Pulp Fiction, and Reservoir Dogs.
Doueiri worked between Los Angeles and Beirut until not
long after September 2011, after which he returned to work from Beirut.
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Film name | Year | Genre | Role | Remarks |
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West Beirut | 1998 | Drama | Director, writer | Won the Prix François Chalais at the Directors' fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival in 1998. |
Lila Says | 2004 | Drama | Director, writer | |
Sleeper Cell | 2005 | Terror series | Director | Episode "Immigrant" |
The Attack | 2012 | Drama, political thriller | Director, writer | An Arab surgeon in Tel Aviv discovers something about his wife after a suicide bombing; based on a novel by Yasmina Khadra[2] |
Affaire Étrangère (English title Foreign Affairs) | 2013 | Drama, political thriller | Director, writer | French thriller that centers on a retired French diplomat (Gérard Depardieu), secretly sent by the Americans to negotiate an Israeli-Palestinian agreement[3] |
Baron Noir (English title Republican Gangsters) | 2016 | Political drama | Director | French TV Series (8 episodes) Nominated - ACS Award for Best Director |
The Insult | 2017 | Drama | Director, writer | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
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