Faisal Al-Yasiri

Personal Info

Known For Creator

Gender Male

Birthday 1933-09-16

Deathday 2022-10-27 (89 years old)

Place of Birth Iraq

Also Known As فيصل الياسري

Faisal Al-Yasiri

Biography

He was born in 1933. He worked in journalism in 1948. He published a collection of short stories titled On the Road. He also published a novel titled She Was a Virgin (1952). Before turning to the cinema, he obtained a distinction in directing and editing for television from Vienna, and worked in 1958 as a director for Baghdad TV. He also worked from 1959 to 1962 as a director for East Germany TV, and at the end of 1965, he worked on Syrian TV until his work in the movie The Head (1976) in Iraq. He directed a number of documentaries and about ten feature films, including the films: The River (1977), and The Sniper (1979). Among the television series that he directed are: Gold Dinars, and The Blue Book.

Known For

Director

2013
1997
Ammunitions

as Director

1988
Babel habibiti

as Director

1980
The Sniper

as Director

1978
The River

as Director

1977
The Head

as Director

1971
Hamido's Return

as Director

Art

1998
1997
ورشة حارتنا

as Supervising Art Director

1997
خذ بيدي

as Supervising Art Director

1996
أوائل العرب

as Supervising Art Director

1996
صندوق الدنيا

as Art Direction

1996
صندوق الدنيا

as Supervising Art Director

1995
اللغة العربية

as Supervising Art Director

Writer

1988
Babel habibiti

as Screenplay

1980
The Sniper

as Writer

1978
The River

as Writer

1972

Actor