Michel Khleifi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 3, 1950, Nazareth, Israel
- Movies
- 13
Michel Khleifi (Arabic: ميشيل خليفي}, born in 1950 in Nazareth, is a Palestinian film writer, director and producer, presently based in Belgium.
Khleifi emigrated to Belgium in 1970, where he studied television and theatre directing at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle (INSAS). After graduating from INSAS, he worked in Belgium television before turning to making his own films. He has directed and produced several documentary and feature films. He has received several awards, including the International Critics’ Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Shell at San Sebastián International Film Festival and the André Cavens Award in 1987 for his film Wedding in Galilee. Khleifi currently teaches at INSAS
Best-Known Movies
Wedding in Galilee
1987
Tale of the Three Jewels
1995
Fertile Memory
1981
Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel
2004
Arab Camera
1987
Canticle of Stones
1990
L'ordre du jour
1993
Ma'loul Celebrates Its Destruction
1984
Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land
1995
Zindeeq
2009
Filmography
| 2016 | Une vie contre l'oubli | |
| 2004 | Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel | Himself |
| 1987 | Trio | Self |
| 1987 | Arab Camera | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2009 | Zindeeq | Director |
| 2004 | Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel | Director, Producer |
| 1995 | Tale of the Three Jewels | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1995 | Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land | Director |
| 1993 | L'ordre du jour | Director |
| 1990 | Canticle of Stones | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | Wedding in Galilee | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1984 | Ma'loul Celebrates Its Destruction | Director |
| 1981 | Fertile Memory | Director, Writer |
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