Ghassan Salhab
| Ghassan Salhab | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
4 May 1958 Dakar, Senegal |
| Occupation | Director, Writer |
| Website | http://www.ghassansalhab.com/ |
Ghassan Salhab (Arabic; غسان سلهب, born 4 May 1958) is a Lebanese screenwriter, film director, and producer.
Salhab was born in Dakar, Senegal to Lebanese parents. In Addition to making his own films, Salhab collaborates on various scenarios in Lebanon and in France, and teaches film at ALBA and USJ. He has directed five feature films: Beyrouth Fantome, Terra Incognita, The Last Man, The Mountain and The Valley. He has also made numerous short films and videos, including: Posthume, Narcisse Perdu, My living body, my dead body, La Rose de Personne, Afrique Fantome, and Apres la Mort. He has published his texts and articles in Various magazines. His fourth feature film, 1958 Autoportrait d'hier, was screened at Cinema Metropolis / Empire Sofil on 4 May 2009.
Filmography
- La clef (1986)
- Aprés la mort (1991)
- L’autre (1991)
- Afrique fantôme (1994)
- Beyrouth fantôme (1998)
- de la séduction (1999)
co-realized with N. Khodr
- La Rose de personne (2000)
- Baalbeck (2000)
Also realized by A. Zaatari and M. Soueid
- Terra Incognita (2002)
- Mon corps vivant, mon corps mort (2003)
- Narcisse perdu (2004)
- Brêve rencontre avec Jean-Luc Godard, ou le cinéma comme métaphore (2005)
- The Last Man (2006)
- Temps mort (2006)
- Posthume (2007)
- 1958 (2009)
- The Mountain (2010)
- The Valley (2014)