Omar Amiralay
Omar Amiralay (* 1944 in Damascus , Syria ; † February 5, 2011 there ) was a Syrian filmmaker. He was considered one of the leading documentarists in the Arab world.
After studying at the Paris film school La fémis , Amiralay returned to Syria in 1970. In his artistic training he differed from most Syrian filmmakers who had studied in the Soviet Union or in Eastern Europe. He made and published documentaries about the Tabqa dam on the Euphrates , the broadcasting of which was banned because of criticism of the corrupt state apparatus in Syria. At the film festival in Berlin from 1976 , he won the Interfilm Award - Otto Dibelius Film Award for the film Everyday Life in a Syrian Village ( in Arabic الحياة اليومية في قرية سورية).
Omar Amiralay died on February 5, 2011 as a result of a heart attack . Only a few weeks after his death, inspired by the events in neighboring countries , the first protests against corruption broke out in Syria, calling for the regime to resign .
Web links
- Omar Amiralay in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography of Omar Amiralay (English)
- Rawafed: Documentary Interview with Omar Amiralay “part one”. Alarabiya.net
- Rawafed: Documentary Interview with Omar Amiralay “part two”. Alarabiya.net
Individual evidence
- ^ "Syrian filmmaker Omar Amiralay died" , ORF , February 5, 2011
- ↑ Obituary on Stern.de ( Memento from September 13, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amiralay, Omar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | عمر أميرلاي |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Damascus , Syria |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 2011 |
| Place of death | Damascus , Syria |