biography
Actor and Filmmaker
* 1953: born in Bina Village in Galilee (Israel)
* Elementary school in Bina Village
* Secondary school in Akko
* 1973-1976 Studies: Acting at the Tel Aviv University and Arabic literature
* 1976: Graduate of the Tel Aviv University
* Since 1976: professional actor in different theatres in Israel and in Palestine (West Bank): Habima Theatre (Israel's National Theatre), Carmeni Theatre, Haifa Theatre, Jerusalem Khan Theatre, Alkasaba Theatre(Ramallah)
* At the same time: professional Cinema actor. acting in many international film productions as well as in Israeli and Palestinian films.
* Participation in TV series for children programmes as a storyteller
* He acts in Hebrew and Arabic
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Essential Filmography and Theatrography:
Filmography as actor
* "Private" by Saverio Costanzo (Italy 2004): Golden Leopard for the leopard for the best actor to the main role, best film at the Locarno International Film Festival 2004
* "The Olive Harvest" by Hannah Elias (Palestine/USA 2003)
* "Desperado Square" by Benny Toraty (Israel 2001): Winner of five Israeli Academy Awards; Antigone d´Or, Montpellier Filmfestival, France 2001
* "Sous les pieds des femmes" by Rachida Krim (France, 1997)
* "Haifa" by Rashid Masharawi (Palestine, Netherlands, 1995): Award for the Best Artistic Work in the Medfilm Festival Rome, 1997
* "The Milky Way" by Ali Nassar (Israel, 1997): Wolgin Award, Jerusalem Film Festival 1997
* "The Tale of the Three Jewels" by Michel Khleifi (Belgium, Palestine,UK, 1994)
* "Beyond the Walls II" by Uri Barabash (1994)
* "Cup Final" by Eran Riklis (Israel, 1991)
* "Foreign Nights" by Izidore K. Musallam (Canada, 1989)
* "Rami og Julie" by Erik Clausen (Denmark, 1988)
* "Esther" by Amos Gitai (Israel, UK 1986)
* "Beyond the Walls" by Uri Barabash (Israel, 1984): International Critics Prize, 1984 Venice Film Festival; nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language, Film at the American Academy Awards in 1984
* "Hanna K." by Constantin Costa- Gavras (Israel/ France, 1983)
Filmography as director
* "1948", Palestine/Israel ,1998 (Documentary)
* "Jenin….Jenin" Palestine 2002, (Documentary), Awards:
* "Best Film" at the Carthage International Film Festival 2002
* International Prize for Mediterranean Documentary Filmmaking and Reporting
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Theatrography as actor
* "Habima Theatre" (Israel's National Theatre):
* Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca 1980
* Seven Days by Moshico Moskovitch 2003-4
* "Haifa Theatre":
* Hedda Gabler by Hendrik Ibsen 1994
* The Jerusalem Syndrome by Yehoshua Sobol, 1988
* "The Jerusalem Khan Theatre" and "Alkasaba Theatre" (Ramallah):
co-production of "Romeo and Juliet" based on Shakespeare's play by a troupe of Palestinian and Israeli actors performing in a mixture of Hebrew and Arabic, 1994
* "Alkasaba Theatre" (Ramallah):
* The Clown by Muhamed Al Maghout,1998
* The Night and the Mountain by Abdel Gaffar Makkawi, 1995
* The Immigrant by George Shahada, 1999
* Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfmann, 1997
* The Fantastic Francis Hardy by Brian Friel1997
* The House of Bernarda Alba by Garcia Lorca 2000)
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One-man-Plays, Adapting, directing and acting:
* "The Pessoptimist" - based on a novel by the Palestinian writer Emil Habibi, 1986
* "The Anchor" - based on a novel by the Syrian author Hanna Mina, 1994
* "Season of Migration to the North" - based on a novel by the Sudanese writer Tayeb Saleh, 1997
* "Abu Marmar" - written by Mohammad Bakri himself,1999 (about Palestinian prisoners)
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Theatrography as director
* "A Day in Our Times" (Yom min zamanina) 2004, based on a play by the Syrian playwriter: Saadallah Wannous
* "A view from the bridge", play by Arthur Miller 2002
* "Samir and Yonathan" 2001, based on the book of Daniella Carmi "Samir and Yonathan on the Planet Mars 1994 (Samir, a Palestinian boy, enters an Israeli hospital for surgery. The initial fear and antagonism that he feels is mitigated by his bond with Yonathan, an Israeli)
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Awards
* Leopard for the Best Actor for the role in "Private" by Saverio Costanzo, Locarno International Film Festival 2004
* Palestine Prize for Cinema 1999 Ramallah
* Award for the Best Actor for the role in "Haifa" by Rashid Masharawi, Valencia Festival 1997
* Award for the Best Actor for the role in "Beyond the Walls II" by Uri Barabash, Valencia Festival 1994
* Award for the Best Actor for the role in "Beyond the Walls" by Uri Barabash, Israel 1984
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