Jocelyne Saab
Directing
Jocelyne Saab was a filmmaker and a photographer. She was born in 1948 and grew up in Beirut. In 1973, she became a war reporter in the Middle-East, covering the war of October for Magazine 52, the third television channel in France. In 1975 she directed her first feature film, a documentary released in Parisian cinemas: Lebanon in Turmoil, distributed by Pascale Dauman. She will then cover the Lebanese war for fifteen years, during which she directs almost thirty films, including Beirut, never again, broadcasted on France 2 in 1976, Letter from Beirut and Beirut, my city, broadcasted on France 3 between 1978 and 1982. In 1977 both Egypt, City of the Dead and The Sahara is not up for sale and were shot and released in Parisian cinemas. In 1981, she shots Iran, Utopia in the making on the days following the Iranian revolution, which received several international prizes. In 1998, she went to Vietnam and directed a documentary called The Lady of Saigon, which is awarded best French documentary by the French senate. It’s broadcasted on France 2, and in many international festivals.
Known for
Directing33
movieImaginary Postcards
2016
Director
movieOne Dollar a Day
2016
Director
movieGender Cafe
2013
Director
movieWhat's Going On?
2009
Director
movieDunia
2006
Director
movieThe Lady of Saigon
1996
Director
movieFertilization in Video
1991
Director
movieLa Tueuse
1988
Director
movieL’Amour d’Allah
1986
Director
movieLa Croix des Pharaons
1986
Director
movieThe Razor's Edge
1985
Director
movieBeirut, My City
1983
Director
movieThe Ship of Exile
1982
Director
movieMaking of Nahla
1979
Director
movieEgypt, City of the Dead
1978
Director
movieA Letter from Beirut
1978
Director
movieSahara Is Not for Sale
1977
Director
movieFor a Few Lives
1976
Director
movieChildren of War
1976
Director
movieBeirut, Never Again
1976
Director
movieLebanon in a Whirlwind
1975
Director
movieRejection Front
1975
Director
moviePalestinian Women
1974
Director
Production10
movieImaginary Postcards
2016
Producer
movieWhat's Going On?
2009
Producer
movieDunia
2006
Producer
movieThe Razor's Edge
1985
Producer
movieSahara Is Not for Sale
1977
Producer
movieChildren of War
1976
Producer
movieFor a Few Lives
1976
Producer
movieBeirut, Never Again
1976
Producer
movieLebanon in a Whirlwind
1975
Producer
moviePalestinian Women
1974
Producer
Writing9
movieImaginary Postcards
2016
Screenplay
movieWhat's Going On?
2009
Screenplay
movieDunia
2006
Writer
movieChildren of War
1976
Screenplay
moviePalestinian Women
1974
Screenplay
Acting8
movieLebanese, Hostages of Their City
1982
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieBeirut, Never Again
1976
Narrator (English Voice-Over) (uncredited)
movieLebanon in a Whirlwind
1975
Self (uncredited)
Camera5
movieRevolutionaries Never Die
2026
Director of Photography
movieBeirut, My City
1983
Director of Photography
movieThe Ship of Exile
1982
Director of Photography
movieLebanese, Hostages of Their City
1982
Director of Photography
movieBeirut, Never Again
1976
Director of Photography