Abdul Salam Al Azmy

Biography

An Iraqi film director, born in Baghdad. He worked at the beginning of his career as an artistic supervisor in school activities in the cities of Najaf and Kufa after graduating from the Institute of Fine Arts in 1963. At the end of 1966, he obtained a study fellowship at the Film Institute of the German Democratic Republic, and returned to Baghdad in 1970, holding a certificate of specialization in cinematography, and at that time he finished his first documentary film Enemies and Friends. Before coming to the General Organization for Cinema and Theater, he worked in the cinema department of …