Feras Fayyad

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Feras Fayyad ( Arabic فراس فياض, DMG Firās Faiyāḍ ; * 1984 in Syria ) is a Syrian film producer , film director , screenwriter and film editor .

Career

Feras Fayyads studied in Paris , and started a career in the film business in 2013, where he was responsible for the television documentary Windows as a director and also wrote the script. The film was broadcast on the Al Jazeera Media Network . He gained great fame through the documentary The Last Men of Aleppo , which illuminates the life of the founders of the White Helmets and focuses on search and rescue operations during the war in Aleppo . For this work he was awarded at numerous European film festivals. In addition, the film is the first Syrian contribution to be nominated for an Oscar in the category “ Best Documentary ” at the 2018 Academy Awards. He shares this nomination with the two producers Søren Steen Jespersen and Kareem Abeed , who did not receive a visa due to Executive Order 13780 .

Fayyad was arrested twice while shooting the film.

In 2018 he was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.

Awards

Filmography

  • 2013: Windows (television documentary)
  • 2013: Wide Shot-Close Shot (documentary)
  • 2016: Between the Fighter in Syria (TV documentary)
  • 2017: One Day in Aleppo (short film)
  • 2017: The Last Men of Aleppo ( آخر الرجال في حلب , documentary)
  • 2019: The Cave

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c "The last men of Aleppo" Where is the world? March 13, 2017, accessed February 27, 2018 .
  2. ↑ The 90th Academy Awards - 2018. Oscars.org, accessed January 17, 2018 .
  3. ↑ 'Last Men in Aleppo' Team Prevented From Attending Oscars. The Hollywood Reporter , February 14, 2018, accessed February 27, 2018 .
  4. ^ Film Academy Stands in 'Solidarity' With 'Last Men in Aleppo' Producer Denied Visa to Attend Oscars. Variety , February 20, 2018, accessed February 27, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Kareem Abeed: Oscar-nominated Syrian producer denied entry into US to attend Academy Awards. February 26, 2018, accessed February 27, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
  7. ^ Peace Prize of German Films - Die Brücke will be awarded for the 17th time on July 5th in Munich . Article dated June 6, 2018, accessed June 6, 2018.
  8. ↑ ISBJØRNEN 2019 he's digging! Nordisk Film, November 7, 2019, accessed November 8, 2019 (Danish).
personal data
SURNAME Fayyad, Feras
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Syrian film producer, film director, screenwriter and film editor
DATE OF BIRTH 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Syria