Ossama Mohammed (; born 21 March 1954) is a

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. His film, ''

The Box of Life ''The Box of Life'' (, ) is a 2002 Syrian-French drama film directed by Usama Muhammad. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Zuhair Abdulkarim - 3rd Man * Caresse Bashar - 2nd Woman * Elias G ...

'', was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ...

section at the

2002 Cannes Film Festival The 55th Cannes Film Festival took place from 15 to 26 May 2002. American filmmaker David Lynch served as jury president for the main competition. Virginie Ledoyen hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski ...

. He is currently living in exile in Paris, where he collaborated on '' Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait''.

Filmography

* '' Khutwa Khutwa (Step by Step)'' (1978) * ''

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'' (1988) * ''

Al-Lail Sūrat al-Layl (, "The Night") is the ninety-second ''sūrah'' (chapter) of the Qur'an, containing twenty-one '' āyāt'' (verses). This sūrah is one of the first ten to be revealed in Mecca. It contrasts two types of people, the charitable an ...

'' (Screenwriter) (1992) * ''

'' (2002) * '' Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait'' (2014)

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* 1954 births Living people Syrian film directors Syrian screenwriters People from Latakia Syrian exiles {{Syria-bio-stub