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.
Hamido's Return
(Director)
Bagdad My Rosy Dream
(Director)
The Head
(Director)
The River
(Writer)
The River
(Director)
The Sniper
(Director)
The Sniper
(Writer)
Babel habibiti
(Director)
The Mexican Hoax
(Writer)
The Princess and the River
(Director)
Babel habibiti
(Screenplay)
أوائل العرب
(Supervising Art Director)
ورشة حارتنا
(Supervising Art Director)
اللغة العربية
(Supervising Art Director)
اللغة العربية
(Writer)
صندوق الدنيا
(Art Direction)
صندوق الدنيا
(Supervising Art Director)
خذ بيدي
(Supervising Art Director)
حكايات قبل أن تنزل الآيات
(Supervising Art Director)
الطرائف الغريبة والنوادر العجيبة
(Supervising Art Director)
Ammunitions
(Director)
اللغة العربية
(Creator)
أوائل العرب
(Creator)
صندوق الدنيا
(Creator)
خذ بيدي
(Creator)
الطرائف الغريبة والنوادر العجيبة
(Creator)
اللسان العربي
(Creator)
حكايات قبل أن تنزل الآيات
(Creator)