Omar Amiralay
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1944, Damascus, Syria
- Died
- February 5, 2011
- Movies
- 15
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.
Best-Known Movies
7.7
Everyday Life in a Syrian Village
1974
7.1
A Flood in Baath Country
2003
6.0
Arab Camera
1987
9.0
There Are Many Things One Can Talk About...
1997
2.5
Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam
1970
8.0
A Plate of Sardines
1997
On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat...
1996
The Man with the Golden Soles
2000
Light and Shadows, the Last of the Pioneers: Nazih Shahbandar
1994
Moudarres
1995
Filmography
| 1987 | Arab Camera | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2003 | A Flood in Baath Country | Director |
| 2000 | The Man with the Golden Soles | Director |
| 1997 | A Plate of Sardines | Director, Writer |
| 1997 | There Are Many Things One Can Talk About... | Writer, Director |
| 1996 | On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat... | Director |
| 1995 | Moudarres | Director |
| 1994 | Light and Shadows, the Last of the Pioneers: Nazih Shahbandar | Director |
| 1985 | Love Aborted | Director |
| 1984 | Video on Sand | Director |
| 1981 | The Misfortunes of Some | Director |
| 1978 | About a Revolution | Director |
| 1977 | The Chickens | Director, Screenplay |
| 1974 | Everyday Life in a Syrian Village | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam | Writer, Director |
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