Jocelyne Saab

Director

Born: April 30, 1948
Died: January 7, 2019 (age 70)
From: Beirut, Lebanon

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…

Filmography (35)

My Name is Mei Shigenobu (2018)
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Imaginary Postcards (2016)
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One Dollar a Day (2016)
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Gender Cafe (2013)
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What's Going On? (2009)
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Dunia (2006)
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The Lady of Saigon (1996)
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Once Upon a Time in Beirut (1995)
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Fertilization in Video (1991)
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Les Almées, danseuses orientales (1989)
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La Tueuse (1988)
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Arab Camera (1987)
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The Architect of Louxor
The Architect of Louxor (1986)
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The Ghosts of Alexandria (1986)
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La Croix des Pharaons (1986)
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L’Amour d’Allah (1986)
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As Kineastas (1986)
The Razor's Edge (1985)
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Beirut, My City (1983)
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The Ship of Exile (1982)
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Lebanese, Hostages of Their City (1982)
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Iran, Utopia on the Move (1980)
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Making of Nahla (1979)
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Egypt, City of the Dead (1978)
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A Letter from Beirut (1978)
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Sahara Is Not for Sale (1977)
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South Lebanon: The Story of a Village Under Siege (1976)
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For a Few Lives (1976)
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Children of War (1976)
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Beirut, Never Again (1976)
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