Ghassan Salhab

Ghassan Salhab
Born	4th May 1958 Dakar, Senegal
Occupation	Director, Writer
Website
http://www.ghassansalhab.com/

Ghassan Salhab (Arabic; غسان سلهب, born 4 May 1958) is a Lebanese screenwriter, film director, and producer.

Salhab was born in in Dakar, Senegal to Lebanese parents. In Addition to making his own films, Salhab collaborates on various scenarios in Lebanon and in France, and teaches film at ALBA and USJ. He has directed three feature films: Beyrouth Fantome, Terra Incognita and The Last Man. He has also made numerous short films and videos, including: Posthume, Narcisse Perdu, My living body, my dead body, La Rose de Personne, Afrique Fantome, and Apres la Mort. He has published his texts and articles in Various magazines. His fourth feature film, 1958 Autoportrait d'hier, was screened at Cinema Metropolis / Empire Sofil on May 4, 2009.

Filmography

• La clef (1986)
• Aprés la mort (1991)
• L’autre (1991)
• Afrique fantôme (1994)
• Beyrouth Fantôme (1998)
• de la séduction (1999)

co-realized with N. Khodr

• La rose de personne (2000)
• Baalbeck (2000)
• Terra Incognita (2002)
• Mon corps vivant, mon corps mort (2003)

Also realized by A. Zaatari and M. Soueid

• Narcisse perdu (2004)
• Brêve rencontre avec Jean Luc Godard, ou le cinéma comme métaphore (2005)
• The Last Man (2006)
• Temps mort (2006)
• Posthume (2007)
• 1958 Autoportrait d'hier (2009)
• 1958 (2009)

External links

• Ghassan Salhab's Official Website
• Ghassan Salhab at the Internet Movie Database