
Directing
Nabil Maleh
Born — Died
1936-09-28 — 2016-02-24
Place of birth
Damascus, Syria
Known for
Directing
Credits
12 titles
Nabil Maleh (September 28, 1936 – February 24, 2016) was a Syrian film director, screenwriter, producer, painter, and poet, widely regarded as a founding figure of modern Syrian cinema. Born in Damascus, he initially traveled to Czechoslovakia to study nuclear physics before discovering cinema and enrolling at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), where he earned a master’s degree in film and television directing. His formative years in Prague immersed him in an international cultural environment that deeply shaped his artistic outlook. Upon returning to Syria in the mid-1960s, Maleh became the country’s first formally trained European film-school gradua…
Known for
5.0Set in Syria in the early 1900s. A peasant has his land taken from him by the authorities. He gets imprisoned and beaten by the gendarme, but manages to escape to the mountains where starts a bloody struggle for revolution.
The Cheetah
1972
In 90 seconds, Nabil Maleh mimics the tone and cadence of an American-style television advertisement, pitching napalm as if it were a consumer product—an acid critique of the rhetoric that sanitizes mass violence.
Napalm
1970
NRAbu Salem is a small family living a very miserable life, and their dream is simple in life. The wife is overwhelmed as she suffers from some diseases, the husband gets into several unsuccessful adventures, and the children open their eyes to this cruel world. We follow their lives and dreams to a better tomorrow.
Bikaya suar
1973
NRThe events revolve around a three-person gang led by Abu Al-Ghawar (Duraid Lahham), who plans to steal Simon Bay, and the gang members succeed in deceiving him and stealing his locker. Whereas the husband of his sister (Nihad al-Qala'i) is a person who has many problems and disputes with the people of the region due to the mockery of the people of the region of Abu al-Ghawar Who uses this money to do amazing inventions that have no use.
Ghawar James Bond
1974
NRWhen a film crew descends on a rural Syrian village, the act of filmmaking itself begins to unsettle everyday life. Centered on Najla, the film observes how performance, desire, and social pressure blur the line between reality and fiction. Najla’s Passions was the first Syrian feature produced digitally.
Najla's Passions
2000
NRThree Palestinian men strive to escape the hardships of life in a refugee camp. Under the scorching sun, the men enlist the help of an old man, Abu Al-Khaizuran, to smuggle them in an empty water tank across the desert.
Men Under the Sun
1970
Behind the camera
5.0Set in Syria in the early 1900s. A peasant has his land taken from him by the authorities. He gets imprisoned and beaten by the gendarme, but manages to escape to the mountains where starts a bloody struggle for revolution.
The Cheetah
1972
5.0Set in Syria in the early 1900s. A peasant has his land taken from him by the authorities. He gets imprisoned and beaten by the gendarme, but manages to escape to the mountains where starts a bloody struggle for revolution.
The Cheetah
1972
In 90 seconds, Nabil Maleh mimics the tone and cadence of an American-style television advertisement, pitching napalm as if it were a consumer product—an acid critique of the rhetoric that sanitizes mass violence.
Napalm
1970
NRAbu Salem is a small family living a very miserable life, and their dream is simple in life. The wife is overwhelmed as she suffers from some diseases, the husband gets into several unsuccessful adventures, and the children open their eyes to this cruel world. We follow their lives and dreams to a better tomorrow.
Bikaya suar
1973
NRThe events revolve around a three-person gang led by Abu Al-Ghawar (Duraid Lahham), who plans to steal Simon Bay, and the gang members succeed in deceiving him and stealing his locker. Whereas the husband of his sister (Nihad al-Qala'i) is a person who has many problems and disputes with the people of the region due to the mockery of the people of the region of Abu al-Ghawar Who uses this money to do amazing inventions that have no use.
Ghawar James Bond
1974
NRWhen a film crew descends on a rural Syrian village, the act of filmmaking itself begins to unsettle everyday life. Centered on Najla, the film observes how performance, desire, and social pressure blur the line between reality and fiction. Najla’s Passions was the first Syrian feature produced digitally.
Najla's Passions
2000
NRThree Palestinian men strive to escape the hardships of life in a refugee camp. Under the scorching sun, the men enlist the help of an old man, Abu Al-Khaizuran, to smuggle them in an empty water tank across the desert.
Men Under the Sun
1970
NRThree Palestinian men strive to escape the hardships of life in a refugee camp. Under the scorching sun, the men enlist the help of an old man, Abu Al-Khaizuran, to smuggle them in an empty water tank across the desert.
Men Under the Sun
1970
NRA revolutionary journalist tries to expose a corrupt, opportunistic politician who is making shady deals. The prominent politician tries to take revenge on him, using his intelligence and wide connections, by framing him in a murder that will silence him forever.
Mr. Progressive
1974
NRA revolutionary journalist tries to expose a corrupt, opportunistic politician who is making shady deals. The prominent politician tries to take revenge on him, using his intelligence and wide connections, by framing him in a murder that will silence him forever.
Mr. Progressive
1974
5.6Salem dreams of being an actor but is still working in a gas station, only his love for Nada can make things easier for him.
The Extras
1993
5.6Salem dreams of being an actor but is still working in a gas station, only his love for Nada can make things easier for him.
The Extras
1993
