Ziad Hamzeh

Ziad H Hamzeh (born 22 January 1959) is a Syrian-American film director, writer and producer, as well as a theatre director and a college professor. Hamzeh has made Boston, Massachusetts his home after relocating from Los Angeles. He is of Druze origin, born in southern Syria. Hamzeh has earned numerous awards in the states and internationally. Hamzeh is a member of the Producers Guild of America.

Ziad Hamzeh
Ziad Hamzeh, 2007
Born (1959-01-22) 22 January 1959
Damascus, Syria
OccupationFilm director, producer, screenwriter
Websitehttp://www.hmfilms.net

Hamzeh is one of the producers of The Flower of Aleppo, which was selected as the official film representing Tunis at the 89th Academy Awards, though it did not make the list of nominees. He also produced the film Always Brando, which premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and won the best producers award from the Abu Dhabi film festival. His film Irrefutable Proof (2015) won the Golden Palm at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.

Biography

Hamzeh was born to Druze family, at Jabal ad-Duruz in Syria. He immigrated to the United States in 1979. Hamzeh completed his bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston in theatre arts . In 1984 he relocated to Los Angeles and enrolled in a master's program in writing and criticism at California State University, Los Angeles then went on to attain his MFA in directing at California State University, Fullerton.

After completing his studies, Hamzeh helped co-create two theatre companies in Los Angeles, the Open Fist Theatre Company and The Egyptian Arena, acting as the first artistic director of the Open Fist Theatre Company.

His films and stage works have garnered many international awards. He received more than forty festival accolades including twice winning the Golden Palm at the Beverly Hills Film Festival (not to be confused with the Palme d'Or, or "Golden Palm", at the Cannes Film Festival), for his films Woman in 2008 and Irrefutable Proof in 2016.

Hamzeh has also been teaching directing in the graduate and undergraduates programs at the Maine Media Workshops since 1995. He also teaches the directing program at Emerson College and the MFA program at Lesley College.

Filmography
Year Film
1984 Syria: War And Power
1987 The Party
1992 Soerus
1993 The Flower Of Desire
1994 1001 Arabian Knots
1997 Forgotten Wars
1999 Eternal Embrace
2001 Shadow Glories
2003 The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'
2007 Woman
2008 Play By Play Men
2009 Bleacher Boys
2009 Henry O!
2010 Adrift: People of A lesser God
2011 Always Brando
2015 Irrefutable Proof
2016 The Flower of Aleppo
2018 Hail Mary
2018 Dreams I Never Had
2020 The Island of Forgiveness
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