Ely Dagher
| Ely Dagher | |
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| File:Ely Dagher portrait.jpg | |
| Born | November 25, 1985 Beirut, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanon |
| Occupation | Film Director, Producer |
| Years active | 2007-present |
Early years
Ely Dagher was born in 1985, in Beirut, Lebanon. He received a Masters of Arts in contemporary art theory and new media from the prestigious Goldsmiths College, London University. Previously he had received a Bachelors in graphic arts and illustration as well as a Bachelors in animation at the Academie Libanaise Des Beaux Arts in Lebanon.[1]
Career
His film Waves '98 won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival,[2] becoming the first Lebanese film to ever receive the award[3]
Ely Dagher is and artist/film-maker working with different mediums and producing work that intertwines on different levels. His work focuses on the layering and constructing of multiple narratives across film, painting and installation.
Filmography
- Beirut, 2007
- The Cooler, 2012
- Waves '98, 2015
References
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- ↑ Une première pour le Liban : Ely Dagher Palme d'or du court-métrage à Cannes| http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/926523/ely-dagher-remporte-la-palme-dor-du-court-metrage-a-cannes.html
- ↑ Festival De Cannes | AWARDS - Short Film Palme d’or | http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/62012.html
- ↑ Lebanon’s Ely Dagher Wins Palme D’Or in Cannes for Waves ’98 | http://35mmfrombeirut.com/keeward/lebanons-ely-dagher-wins-palme-dor-in-cannes-for-waves-98/
