Saad Salman (born 1950, in

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesipho ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

) is an Iraqi-French film director. He filmed ''Baghdad On/Off'', a documentary filmed when

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...

was in power. He has been exiled in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

since 1976. He attended a School of the Art schools of Baghdad in 1969, he later left Iraq for

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

in 1974 but had to leave because of the civil war taking place at the time, forcing him to settle in Paris in 1976.

Filmography

* 2003 - ''Baghdad On/Off'' * 1983 - ''En raison des circonstances''

References

External links

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Saad Salman at MTV movies
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1950 births Living people Iraqi film directors French people of Iraqi descent French people of Lebanese descent People from Baghdad {{France-film-director-stub