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Born January 1, 1945 · Baghdad, Iraq
Qais Al-Zubaidi (قيس الزبيدي) is an Iraqi screenwriter, director, cinematographer and editor born in Baghdad in 1945. He studied editing and image at the Higher Institute of Cinema of Babelsberg in Germany. He first worked on German documentaries for the Higher Institute of Cinema and for Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA) studio. Many of his documentaries, including Far from the Homeland (1969) and Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Wartime (1972), were shot in Syria and focused on Palestinian people. He has also edited famous Arab films such as Crown of Thorns directed by Nabil Al-Maleh, The Knife directed by Khaled Hamadeh, Beirut, Oh Beirut director by Maroun Bagdadi, and The Night directed by Muhammad Malas.

The Visit
2024
Voice of the Silent Time
1990

The Freedom Giver
1987
Waheb al Horriyah
1987
A File on Issues
1984
Palestine - A People's Record
1984

Homeland of Barbed Wire
1980

Hisar Muddad
1978

Al-Yazerli
1974

Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Times of War
1972

Far Away from Home
1969
Gull's Flight of the Years
1968