Jocelyne Saab
Age: N/A | From: Beirut, Lebanon
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: جوسلين صعب
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Beirut, Lebanon
Homepage: https://jocelynesaabasso.com/jocelyne-saab-%d8%ac%d9%88%d8%b3%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%b5%d8%b9%d8%a8/
Movie Involvements: 51
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Jocelyne Saab is 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 Lebanese war for fifteen years, during which she directs almost thirty films, including Beirut, never again, broadcasted on France 2 in 1976, Letter from Beirut and Beirut, my city, broadcasted on France 3 between 1978 and 1982. In 1977 both Egypt, City of the Dead and The Sahara is not up for sale and were shot and released in Parisian cinemas. In 1981, she shots Iran, Utopia in the making on the days following the Iranian revolution, which received several international prizes. In 1998, she went to Vietnam and directed a documentary called The Lady of Saigon, which is awarded best French documentary by the French senate. It’s broadcasted on France 2, and in many international festivals.
Most Famous Work
Dunia
(2006) Writer
Once Upon a Time in Beirut
(1995) Writer
For a Few Lives
(1976) Producer
Beirut, My City
(1983) Director
The Razor's Edge
(1985) Idea
The Ship of Exile
(1982) Director
A Letter from Beirut
(1979) Director
South Lebanon: The Story of a Village Under Siege
(1976) DirectorActing
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| 1987 | Self | |
| 1986 | N/A | |
| 1976 | English voice over | |
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Directing
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
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| 2016 | Producer | |
| 2009 | Producer | |
| 2006 | Producer | |
| 1985 | Producer | |
| 1976 | Producer | |
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| 1974 | Producer | |
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Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2016 | Screenplay | |
| 2009 | Screenplay | |
| 2006 | Writer | |
| 1995 | Writer | |
| 1985 | Idea | |
| 1976 | Screenplay | |
| 1974 | Screenplay | |
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Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1976 | Director of Photography | |
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