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Aliases: ميشيل خليفي , מישל ח'לייפי‎‎

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Nazareth, Israel

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Movie Involvements: 19

TV Involvements: 0


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Biography

Michel Khleifi (Arabic: ميشيل خليفي‎}, born in 1950 in Nazareth, is a Palestinian film writer, director and producer, presently based in Belgium. Khleifi emigrated to Belgium in 1970, where he studied television and theatre directing at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle (INSAS). After graduating from INSAS, he worked in Belgium television before turning to making his own films. He has directed and produced several documentary and feature films. He has received several awards, including the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Shell at San Sebastián International Film Festival and the André Cavens Award in 1987 for his film Wedding in Galilee. Khleifi currently teaches at INSAS

Most Famous Work

Ma'loul Celebrates Its Destruction
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Fertile Memory
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6

Fertile Memory

(1980) Writer
Wedding in Galilee
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6

Wedding in Galilee

(1987) Screenplay
Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel
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8
L'ordre du jour
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2

L'ordre du jour

(1993) Director
Canticle of Stones
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5

Canticle of Stones

(1990) Director
Zindeeq
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Zindeeq

(2009) Director
Song of the Stones
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Song of the Stones

(1988) Director

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