Qais Al-Zubaidi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1945, Baghdad, Iraq
- Movies
- 16
Qais Al-Zubaidi (قيس الزبيدي) is an Iraqi screenwriter, director, cinematographer and editor born in Baghdad in 1945. He studied editing and image at the Higher Institute of Cinema of Babelsberg in Germany. He first worked on German documentaries for the Higher Institute of Cinema and for Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA) studio. Many of his documentaries, including Far from the Homeland (1969) and Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Wartime (1972), were shot in Syria and focused on Palestinian people. He has also edited famous Arab films such as Crown of Thorns directed by Nabil Al-Maleh, The Knife directed by Khaled Hamadeh, Beirut, Oh Beirut director by Maroun Bagdadi, and The Night directed by Muhammad Malas.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | Kings and Extras: Digging for a Palestinian Image | The Thinker |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2024 | The Visit | Writer, Director |
| 1990 | Voice of the Silent Time | Director |
| 1987 | The Freedom Giver | Director |
| 1987 | Waheb al Horriyah | Director, Writer |
| 1984 | A File on Issues | Director |
| 1984 | Palestine - A People's Record | Director |
| 1980 | Homeland of Barbed Wire | Director |
| 1978 | Hisar Muddad | Director |
| 1974 | Al-Yazerli | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | The Adventure | Writer |
| 1974 | Mr. Progressive | Screenplay |
| 1972 | Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Times of War | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | Men Under the Sun | Writer |
| 1969 | Far Away from Home | Director |
| 1968 | Gull's Flight of the Years | Director |
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