
Directing
Hatem Ali
Born — Died
1962-06-02 — 2020-12-29
Place of birth
Syria
Known for
Directing
Credits
19 titles
Hatem Ali (حاتم علي) was a Syrian actor and director. He studied philosophy and then acting at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, from which he graduated in 1986. He worked as an actor in many series, then turned to directing in the mid-nineties. Before that, he wrote the script for the film بهمو آخر الليل and then directed it. The film won the gold at the Cairo Radio and Television Festival. He presented many immortal series as a director, including (فارس في المدينة، مرايا 98، مرايا 99، الفصول الأربعة، الزير سالم، صلاح الدين الأيوبي، التغريبة الفلسطينية), and he also presented three films for the cinema: (العشاق، سيلينا، الليل الطويل). He founded an artistic production compa…
Known for
NRThe story of a family consisting of a father who is about to retire, his wife who works as a seamstress, and their four children who are in various grades of school, shedding light on the challenges that each of them faces.
Qus Quzah
2001
8.0'And So It Happened' is a series that deals with the different problems women have been facing in Egypt, especially in the Southern parts, between the years 1918 and 2018, showing the difference in ideas and traditions.
Once Upon A Time
2019
NRThis tragic series explores numerous themes set against the backdrop of the reign of Zenobia, the “Queen of Queens,” and highlights the wealth and grandeur of the Kingdom of Palmyra, its trade, and the kingdom’s significance during Zenobia’s reign. It also explores social classes—including the nobility, the Ashraf, the priests, and the laborers—and highlights some of the customs that prevailed regarding women from the Ashraf family, as well as the traditions, norms, and marriage practices of that era.
Al Ababeed
1997
NRState security officer, Gamal Al-Jabali (Amir Karara) becomes a hired terrorist for an official entity who aims to keep the country in turmoil to stay in power. He falls in love with Tuline (Songul Odin) who suffers from her cruel husband Al-Mahdy(Hatem Ali), the leader of a mafia gang.
Underground
2013
9.5The first comprehensive dramatic telling of the Palestinian Nakba, seen through the eyes of a poor rural family from the 1930s British Mandate era through the massacres of 1948 and the defeat of 1967. Written by Palestinian poet Walid Seif — based on his own family history — and directed by the late Syrian master Hatem Ali, this is widely considered one of the greatest Arab television dramas ever produced. A monumental work of collective memory, historical witness and human endurance.
Palestinian Alienation
2004
NRThe series examines the change in the composition of the Syrian family, through the life of a number of Damascene families that are connected by a number of intertwining relationships, as love blossoms between the lawyer Riyad El Emary and the interior designer Riad El Merady.
Holding Back Tears
2005
Film credits
Series credits
NRThe story of a family consisting of a father who is about to retire, his wife who works as a seamstress, and their four children who are in various grades of school, shedding light on the challenges that each of them faces.
Qus Quzah
2001
8.0'And So It Happened' is a series that deals with the different problems women have been facing in Egypt, especially in the Southern parts, between the years 1918 and 2018, showing the difference in ideas and traditions.
Once Upon A Time
2019
NRThis tragic series explores numerous themes set against the backdrop of the reign of Zenobia, the “Queen of Queens,” and highlights the wealth and grandeur of the Kingdom of Palmyra, its trade, and the kingdom’s significance during Zenobia’s reign. It also explores social classes—including the nobility, the Ashraf, the priests, and the laborers—and highlights some of the customs that prevailed regarding women from the Ashraf family, as well as the traditions, norms, and marriage practices of that era.
Al Ababeed
1997
NRState security officer, Gamal Al-Jabali (Amir Karara) becomes a hired terrorist for an official entity who aims to keep the country in turmoil to stay in power. He falls in love with Tuline (Songul Odin) who suffers from her cruel husband Al-Mahdy(Hatem Ali), the leader of a mafia gang.
Underground
2013
9.5The first comprehensive dramatic telling of the Palestinian Nakba, seen through the eyes of a poor rural family from the 1930s British Mandate era through the massacres of 1948 and the defeat of 1967. Written by Palestinian poet Walid Seif — based on his own family history — and directed by the late Syrian master Hatem Ali, this is widely considered one of the greatest Arab television dramas ever produced. A monumental work of collective memory, historical witness and human endurance.
Palestinian Alienation
2004
NRThe series examines the change in the composition of the Syrian family, through the life of a number of Damascene families that are connected by a number of intertwining relationships, as love blossoms between the lawyer Riyad El Emary and the interior designer Riad El Merady.
Holding Back Tears
2005
NRNo synopsis available yet.
النصية
1998
NRSet in the town of Al-Rukniya in the early 1930s, the work explores the conflict between Bedouin and urban communities, the impact of World War II on Syrian politics, the outbreak of the Great Syrian Revolution, and the subsequent withdrawal of the French occupation from the country. The work also highlights the opportunists who continue to spread colonialist ideas, in contrast to the strength and unity of the people as they confront tyranny despite the conspiracies plotted against them.
Migration of Hearts to Hearts
1991
NRThis series tells the story of the sheikh of an Arab tribe named Ibn al-Wahaj, who is one of the noblest and most honorable Arabs, and has three sons called al-Bashiq and Osama and the youngest Aqab. There was in the tribe of Ibn al-Wahhaj there is a man who hated him and his sons, so he submitted to the sage of the tribe and the author of the narrations in it (Ibn al-Rumiyya), and he asked him to test the ability of the sons of Ibn al-Wahhaj to live outside their father's tribe, so the idea entered his head and he decided to send his three sons to unknown destinations, and said to them: I want you to be the raptors that live in a land that is not its land. So they set off, and Osama went to the north, Al-Bashiq to the south, and Aqab went to the east
Al Jawareh
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NRThe story revolves around Wael (Hatem Ali), who is involved in a taxi accident after moving to Latakia to escape something, and as a result, he loses his memory. During his stay in the hospital, Wael meets Dr. Hanan (Farah Bseiso). The plot unfolds in a suspenseful manner as his family searches for him while he begins a new life with a different identity, attempting to recover his lost memory.
The Man X
2001
NRNo synopsis available yet.
أصوات خافتة
2009
6.0Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam draws inspiration from The Godfather 2, delivering a gripping Arabic crime drama layered with power, betrayal, and family conflict. As Mukhtar Al-Mukhtar's empire faces new threats and old enemies resurface, the battles grow darker and more personal. With compelling performances and a captivating storyline, the series has captivated millions, cementing its place as one of the most beloved Arabic dramas of its kind.
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam
2016
NRA historical comedy series produced in 1993 that talks about one of the famous Arab jokers, Abu Dalama, and tells a number of stories and jokes that took place during the era of
Funny Stories Of Abu Dollama
1993
Behind the camera
5.8مسرحية استعراضية غنائية مأخوذة عن قصه هالة والملك لفيروز. تحتفل مدينة سيلينا بعيد سنوي حيث يلبس الناس أقنعة, ويمثلون أدواراً في سهرة العيد.
Silina
2009
NRFour political activists friends are arrested by the repressive regime in Syria in the 1970s and spend twenty years in detention, three of them are released, and the fourth remains. The three friends are shocked by the huge changes they found in society, while showing the hardships their fourth comrade faces in prison.
The Long Night
2009
NRDuring the Syrian war, an elderly man falls into a long coma, caught between life and death. Meanwhile, his young son undergoes an exhausting struggle between his thoughts and emotions, torn between his obligations toward his father and his desire to step into the life he yearns for.
Coma
2016
NRDuring the ongoing Syrian war, Hala leaves her house after her husband sells her wedding gown in order to secure the cost of his marriage to another woman. Upon her arrival to the house of her friend Talla, the police come and drag Talla’s husband to military service, so the two women sit alone waiting for the return of what they have lost.
Awakening
2018

