Ali Nassar (, ; born 1954) is an
Arab-Israeli
The Arab citizens of Israel form the country's largest ethnic minority. Their community mainly consists of former Mandatory Palestine citizens (and their descendants) who continued to inhabit the territory that was acknowledged as Israeli by ...
film director. Nassar was born in the
Galilee
Galilee (; ; ; ) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon consisting of two parts: the Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and the Lower Galilee (, ; , ).
''Galilee'' encompasses the area north of the Mount Carmel-Mount Gilboa ridge and ...
village of
Arraba, and graduated from the
University of Moscow
Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University,. is a public research university in Moscow, Russia. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, and six branches. Al ...
in 1981 with a degree in film. Returning to
Haifa
Haifa ( ; , ; ) is the List of cities in Israel, third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area i ...
, he started a theatre group and also worked as a photographer for a daily newspaper.
See also
*
Cinema of Israel
Cinema of Israel () refers to film production in Israel since its founding in 1948. Most Israeli films are produced in Hebrew, but there are productions in other languages such as Arabic and English. Israel has been nominated for more Academ ...
Filmography
* (1993): The Babysitter
* (1997): The Milky Way
Song on a Narrow Path: Stories from Jerusalem A Report of Dreams of a Nation - A Palestinian Film Festival
by Jared Rapfogel, 2003
References
External links
*
* on "Dreams of a Nation"
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1954 births
Living people
Arab-Israeli film directors
Palestinian film directors
People from Arraba, Israel