
Omar Amiralay
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1944
- Died
- February 5, 2011 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Damascus, Syria
Biography
Omar Amiralay (Arabic: عمر أميرالاي) (1944 — 5 February 2011)was a Syrian documentary film director and prominent civil society activist. He is noted for the strong political criticism in his films and played a prominent role in the events of the Damascus Spring of 2000.
Known For

The Night

Everyday Life in a Syrian Village

A Flood in Baath Country

The Dream

Arab Camera

There Are Many Things One Can Talk About...

Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam

A Plate of Sardines

On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat...

The Man with the Golden Soles

Light and Shadows, the Last of the Pioneers: Nazih Shahbandar

Moudarres
Filmography

A Flood in Baath Country
Movie · Director

The Man with the Golden Soles
Movie · Director

There Are Many Things One Can Talk About...
Movie · Director

A Plate of Sardines
Movie · Director

On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat...
Movie · Director

Moudarres
Movie · Director

Light and Shadows, the Last of the Pioneers: Nazih Shahbandar
Movie · Director
Video on Sand
Movie · Director

Love Aborted
Movie · Director
The Misfortunes of Some
Movie · Director
About a Revolution
Movie · Director
The Chickens
Movie · Director

Everyday Life in a Syrian Village
Movie · Director

Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam
Movie · Director