Jocelyne Saab
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 30, 1948
- Died
- January 7, 2019 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- Beirut, Lebanon
Biography
Jocelyne Saab was a filmmaker and a photographer. She was born in 1948 and grew up in Beirut. In 1973, she became a war reporter in the Middle-East, covering the war of October for Magazine 52, the third television channel in France. In 1975 she directed her first feature film, a documentary released in Parisian cinemas: Lebanon in Turmoil, distributed by Pascale Dauman. She will then cover the Lebanese war for fifteen years, during which she directs almost thirty films, including Beirut, never again, broadcasted on France 2 in 1976, Letter from Beirut and Beirut, my city, broadcasted on France 3 between 1978 and 1982. In 1977 both Egypt, City of the Dead and The Sahara is not up for sale and were shot and released in Parisian cinemas. In 1981, she shots Iran, Utopia in the making on the days following the Iranian revolution, which received several international prizes. In 1998, she went to Vietnam and directed a documentary called The Lady of Saigon, which is awarded best French documentary by the French senate. It’s broadcasted on France 2, and in many international festivals.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
My Name is Mei Shigenobu
Movie · Director
Imaginary Postcards
Movie · Director
One Dollar a Day
Movie · Director
Gender Cafe
Movie · Director
What's Going On?
Movie · Director
Dunia
Movie · Director
The Lady of Saigon
Movie · Director
Once Upon a Time in Beirut
Movie · Director
Fertilization in Video
Movie · Director
Les Almées, danseuses orientales
Movie · Director
La Tueuse
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The Architect of Louxor
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The Ghosts of Alexandria
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La Croix des Pharaons
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L’Amour d’Allah
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The Razor's Edge
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Beirut, My City
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Lebanese, Hostages of Their City
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The Ship of Exile
Movie · Director
Circle of Deceit
Movie · Assistant Director
Iran, Utopia on the Move
Movie · Director
Making of Nahla
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Egypt, City of the Dead
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A Letter from Beirut
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Sahara Is Not for Sale
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South Lebanon: The Story of a Village Under Siege
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For a Few Lives
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Children of War
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Beirut, Never Again
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Rejection Front
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Personal Drawing of a French Mercenary
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Lebanon in a Whirlwind
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Les Palestiniens continuent
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Palestinian Women
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