Director
Omar Amiralay
82 years · Damascus, Syria · 11 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 11
A Flood in Baath Country
2003 · Director
The Man with the Golden Soles
2000 · Director
A Plate of Sardines
1997 · Director, Writer
There Are Many Things One Can Talk About...
1997 · Writer, Director
On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat...
1996 · Director
Moudarres
1995 · Director
Light and Shadows, the Last of the Pioneers: Nazih Shahbandar
1994 · Director
Arab Camera
1987 · Self
Love Aborted
1983 · Director
Everyday Life in a Syrian Village
1974 · Director, Writer
Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam
1970 · Writer, Director