Ziad Doueiri (Arabic: زياد دويري ) is a Lebanese-born cinematographer, film director and writer. He is best known for his award-winning film West Beirut. Read full biography of Ziad Doueiri →
I lived through many battles - the 1973, I was young; in 1982 with the Israeli invasions, and 2006 between Hezbollah and Israel. Before I emigrated... →
Sometimes art is ahead of revolution.
I am constantly swimming on the margin, neither 100% American, French, nor Lebanese. I am none of those. I am the result of those three. Sometimes... →
I was born in Lebanon and emigrated to the U.S. and went back. I'd been raised in a French school in Beirut. Lebanon is a peculiar place, so... →
I was a child during the Lebanese civil war, and I remember Israeli bombardments. So growing up, my view of Israel was completely negative. I'm... →
I wrote and finished the script for 'Man in the Middle' two weeks after the September 11 bombing. It's a very American film about an... →
I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
I wasn't trained as a writer-director. And the projects I write are difficult to finish.
The mystified idea I had of Israel - the demonization of Israel - it just wasn't true.
Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that... →
The world is going on a high-speed connection; the Arab revolution is still dial-up. So we have to give it a little time to download. Regimes come... →
Ziad Doueiri (Arabic: زياد دويري ) is a Lebanese-born cinematographer, film director and writer. He is best known for his award-winning film West Beirut.