Qais Al-Zubaidi (قيس الزبيدي) is an Iraqi screenwriter, director, cinematographer and editor born in Baghdad in 1945. He studied editing and image at the Higher Institute of Cinema of Babelsberg in Germany. He first worked on German documentaries for the Higher Institute of Cinema and for Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA) studio. Many of his documentaries, including Far from the Homeland (1969) and Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Wartime (1972), were shot in Syria and focused on Palestinian people. He has also edited famous Arab films such as Crown of Thorns directed by Nabil Al-Maleh, The Knife directed by Khaled Hamadeh, Beirut, Oh Beirut director by Maroun Bagdadi, and The Night directed by Muhammad Malas.
The Freedom Giver
(Director)
Al-Yazerli
(Director)
Far Away from Home
(Director)
Palestine - A People's Record
(Director)
A File on Issues
(Director)
Al-Yazerli
(Writer)
Gull's Flight of the Years
(Director)
Voice of the Silent Time
(Director)
Men Under the Sun
(Writer)
Men Under the Sun
(Editor)
Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Times of War
(Director)
Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Times of War
(Writer)
The Visit
(Director)
The Visit
(Camera Operator)
The Visit
(Writer)
The Knife
(Editor)
Hisar Muddad
(Director)
Waheb al Horriyah
(Writer)
Waheb al Horriyah
(Director)
The Night
(Editor)
Homeland of Barbed Wire
(Director)
Men Under the Sun
(Director of Photography)
The Adventure
(Writer)
Mr. Progressive
(Screenplay)