Qais Al-Zubaidi
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.
Crew
The Freedom Giver
Director
Al-Yazerli
Director, Writer
Far Away from Home
Director
Palestine - A People's Record
Director
A File on Issues
Director
Gull's Flight of the Years
Director
Voice of the Silent Time
Director
Men Under the Sun
Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Times of War
Director, Writer
The Visit
Writer, Camera Operator, Director
The Knife
Editor
Hisar Muddad
Director
Waheb al Horriyah
Director, Writer
The Night
Editor
Homeland of Barbed Wire
Director
The Adventure
Writer
Mr. Progressive
Screenplay