Ossama Mohammed

{{short description|Syrian film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Ossama Mohammed | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|3|21}} | birth_place = Latakia, Syria | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Film director<br>Screenwriter | years_active = 1988–present }} '''Ossama Mohammed'''<ref name="cannes">{{cite web | url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/100003860/year/2014.html | title=EAU ARGENTEE, SYRIE AUTOPORTRAIT (SILVERED WATER, SYRIA SELF-PORTRAIT) | publisher=Cannes Film Festival | access-date=19 May 2014}}</ref> ({{langx|ar|أسامة محمد}}; born 21 March 1954) is a Syrian film director and screenwriter. His film, ''The Box of Life'', was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3152899/year/2002.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The Box of Life |access-date=31 October 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>

He is currently living in exile in Paris, where he collaborated on ''Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait''.<ref name="HR">{{cite news | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/silvered-water-syria-portrait-cannes-704357 | title='Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait': Cannes Review | work=Hollywood Reporter | date=15 May 2014 | access-date=18 May 2014 | author=Young, Deborah}}</ref>

==Filmography== * ''Khutwa Khutwa (Step by Step)'' (1978) * ''Stars in Broad Daylight'' (1988) * ''Al-Lail'' (Screenwriter) (1992) * ''The Box of Life'' (2002) * ''Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait'' (2014)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0611256|Ossama Mohammed}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohammed, Ossama}} Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Syrian film directors Category:Syrian screenwriters Category:People from Latakia Category:Syrian exiles