- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- April 30, 1948
- Place of Birth
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Died
- January 7, 2019
Jocelyne Saab
Jocelyne Saab was 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…
Filmography
movieRevolutionaries Never Die
2026 · Director of Photography
movieMy Name is Mei Shigenobu
2018 · Director
movieImaginary Postcards
2016 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieOne Dollar a Day
2016 · Director
movieGender Cafe
2013 · Director
movieWhat's Going On?
2009 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
movieDunia
2006 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Lady of Saigon
1996 · Director
movieOnce Upon a Time in Beirut
1995 · Director, Writer
movieFertilization in Video
1991 · Director
movieLes Almées, danseuses orientales
1989 · Director
movieLa Tueuse
1988 · Director
movieArab Camera
1987 · Self
The Architect of Louxor
movieThe Architect of Louxor
1986 · Director
movieAs Kineastas
1986
movieThe Ghosts of Alexandria
1986 · Director
movieLa Croix des Pharaons
1986 · Director
movieL’Amour d’Allah
1986 · Director
movieThe Razor's Edge
1985 · Director, Idea, Producer
movieBeirut, My City
1983 · Self, Director, Director of Photography
movieThe Ship of Exile
1982 · Writer, Director, Director of Photography
movieLebanese, Hostages of Their City
1982 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography
movieIran, Utopia on the Move
1980 · Director
movieMaking of Nahla
1979 · Self, Director
movieA Letter from Beirut
1978 · Self, Director
movieEgypt, City of the Dead
1978 · Director
movieSahara Is Not for Sale
1977 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieBeirut, Never Again
1976 · Narrator (English Voice-Over) (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography, Producer
movieSouth Lebanon: The Story of a Village Under Siege
1976 · Director
movieChildren of War
1976 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
movieFor a Few Lives
1976 · Director, Producer
movieLebanon in a Whirlwind
1975 · Self (uncredited), Director, Producer
movieRejection Front
1975 · Director
moviePersonal Drawing of a French Mercenary
1975 · Director
moviePalestinian Women
1974 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
movieLes Palestiniens continuent
1974 · Director