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Faisal Al-Yasiri

Faisal Al-Yasiri

He was born in 1933. He worked in journalism in 1948. He published a collection of short stories titled On the Road. He also published a novel titled She Was a Virgin (1952). Before turning to the cinema, he obtained a distinction in directing and editing for television from Vienna, and worked in 1958 as a director for Baghdad TV. He also worked from 1959 to 1962 as a director for East Germany TV, and at the end of 1965, he worked on Syrian TV until his work in the movie The Head (1976) in Iraq. He directed a number of documentaries and about ten feature films, including the films: The River (1977), and The Sniper (1979). Among the television series that he directed are: Gold Dinars, and The Blue Book.

On screen

  • King Ghazi of Iraq
  • The River

Behind the camera

  • Bagdad My Rosy Dream
  • Babel habibiti
  • The Princess and the River
  • The Sniper
  • The River
  • The Head
  • The Mexican Hoax
  • Hamido's Return

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