Faisal Al-Yasiri
- September 16, 1933 · Iraq
- October 27, 2022
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Bagdad My Rosy Dream · Director
- الطرائف الغريبة والنوادر العجيبة · Supervising Art Director, Creator
- Tales Before the Verses Were Revealed · Supervising Art Director, Creator
- خذ بيدي · Supervising Art Director, Creator
- ورشة حارتنا · Supervising Art Director
- Ammunitions · Director
- أوائل العرب · Supervising Art Director, Creator
- Sundooq Al Dunia · Art Direction, Supervising Art Director
- اللغة العربية · Supervising Art Director, Writer
- اللسان العربي · Creator
- King Ghazi of Iraq
- Babel habibiti · Director, Screenplay
- The Princess and the River · Director
- The Sniper · Director, Writer
- Iftah Ya Simsim · Creator
- The River · Director, Writer
- The Head · Director
- The Mexican Hoax · Writer
- Hamido's Return · Director