Ely Dagher
Ely Dagher is a Lebanese director, screenwriter and artist known for his short film Waves '98 and most recently his first feature film The Sea Ahead which had its premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival
Ely Dagher
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- Name
- Ely Dagher
- Birthplace
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Occupation
- Film director, producer
- Born
- 1985 · Beirut.
- Nationality
- Lebanon
- Education
- Goldsmiths and University of London
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Ely Dagher is a Lebanese director, screenwriter and artist known for his short film Waves '98 and most recently his first feature film The Sea Ahead which had its premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival
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Ely Dagher (born 1985) is an audio engineer, cinematographer and director, among other activities, a national of Lebanon. The audio engineer was born in Beirut. Ely Dagher was educated at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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Key facts
• Name — Ely Dagher • Birthplace — Beirut, Lebanon • Occupation — Film director, producer
Early years
Early years
Ely graduated from Goldsmiths College in 2009 with a master's degree in Art and Media Cultures. Previously he had received a bachelor's degree in graphic arts and illustration as well as a Bachelors in animation at the Academie Libanaise Des Beaux Arts in Lebanon.
Career
Career
Dagher's film Waves '98 won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Lebanese film to ever receive the award. In February 2020 Dagher completed shooting his first feature film, The Sea Ahead (Al Bahr Amamakoum), with post-production finishing a year afterwards in March 2021. Owing to the devastating economic crisis in Beirut, COVID-19 and the Beirut port explosion the post production was halted for two months. The film had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival part of the 53rd Directors' Fortnight.
Filmography
Filmography
• Waves '98 (short), 2015 • The Sea Ahead, 2021
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Identity
Ely Dagher is recorded as film producer, audio engineer, screenwriter, cinematographer and film editor.
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Life and career
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1985
Ely Dagher born at Tsalka.
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- 1.Une première pour le Liban : Ely Dagher Palme d'or du court-métrage à Cannes
- 2.Ely Dagher: Prizewinner of the Cannes 2015 Film Festival. 13 July 2015.
- 3.Festival De Cannes | AWARDS – Short Film Palme d'or | http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/62012.html
- 4.Lebanon's Ely Dagher Wins Palme D'Or in Cannes for Waves '98.
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