Person Details
Birthday: 1944-01-01 21:50:57
Death: 2011-02-05 21:50:57
Aliases: عمر أميرلاي
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Damascus, Syria
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Movie Involvements: 21
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Omar Amiralay (Arabic: عمر أميرالاي) (1944 — 5 February 2011)was a Syrian documentary film director and prominent civil society activist. He is noted for the strong political criticism in his films and played a prominent role in the events of the Damascus Spring of 2000.
Most Famous Work
Light and Shadows, the Last of the Pioneers: Nazih Shahbandar
(1994) DirectorThe Night
(1992) Executive ProducerEveryday Life in a Syrian Village
(1974) WriterVideo on Sand
(1984) DirectorThe Chickens
(1977) ScreenplayThere Are Many Things One Can Talk About...
(1997) WriterA Plate of Sardines
(1997) WriterA Flood in Baath Country
(2003) DirectorActing
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1987 | Self | |
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Directing
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1997 | Director | |
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1974 | Director | |
1970 | Director | |
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Writing
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1997 | Writer | |
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1977 | Screenplay | |
1974 | Writer | |
1970 | Writer | |
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Production
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1992 | Executive Producer | |
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