Maroun Bagdadi

Maroun Bagdadi Arabic مارون بغدادي January 21 1950 December 11 1993 was a Lebanese film director known for his vivid portrayal of Lebanons civil war Bagdadi was internationally the bestknown Lebanese filmmaker of his generation He worked with American producerdirector Francis Coppola and made several films in French that became hits in France Maroun Bagdadi was arguably Lebanons most prominent filmmaker one whose work has been seen all over the world One of his bestknown films Houroub Saghira Little Wars was shown at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival drawing this comment from a prominent film critic To make a film about Beirut that eschews polemics for more universal more human issues is an achievement His first Lebanese production was for television an educational program called 7½ In 1975 he directed his first feature film Beyrouth Ya Beyrouth Koullouna Lil Watan a 75minute documentary produced in 1979 won the Jury Honor Prize at the International Leipzig Festival Documentary and Animated Film