Omar Amiralay
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1 January 1944
Died5 February 2011 (age 67)
Place of birthDamascus, Syria
Known credits17
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.
A Flood in Baath Country
2003 · Director
The Man with the Golden Soles
2000 · Director
A Plate of Sardines
1997 · Director
A Plate of Sardines
1997 · Writer
There Are Many Things One Can Talk About...
1997 · Writer
There Are Many Things One Can Talk About...
1997 · Director
On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat...
1996 · Director
Moudarres
1995 · Director
Light and Shadows, the Last of the Pioneers: Nazih Shahbandar
1994 · Director
The Night
1992 · Executive Producer
The Dream
1987 · Production Manager
Arab Camera
1987 · Self
Love Aborted
1985 · Director
Video on Sand
1984 · Director
The Misfortunes of Some
1981 · Director
About a Revolution
1978 · Director
The Chickens
1977 · Director
The Chickens
1977 · Screenplay
Everyday Life in a Syrian Village
1974 · Director
Everyday Life in a Syrian Village
1974 · Writer
Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam
1970 · Writer
Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam
1970 · Director
Page 1 of 1