Mazen Khaled
Mazen Khaled is a US based Lebanese director, Screenwriter, editor and producer. He is mostly known for his 2017 feature film Martyr which was screened at the 74th Venice International Film Festival and was nominated for the Queer Lion award. It was also selected for screening at the 2018 South by Southwest film festival in the Global section.
Mazen Khaled
- Name
- Mazen Khaled
- Birthplace
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Education
- * American University of Beirut
- Occupation
- Screenwriter, Director
- Known for
- Martyr A Petty Bourgeois Dream My Queer Samsara A Very Dangerous Man
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Khaled also won the award for Best Artistic Achievement at the 2018 Alexandria International Film Festival for his work on Martyr. Khaled's 2010 short film My Queer Samsara (2010) premiered at the 2010 The International Film Festival Rotterdam. His other notable works as a director include A Petty Bourgeois Dream (2016), A Very Dangerous Man (2012), which was nominated for a Muhr Award at the Dubai International Film Festival, and Our Gentleman of the Wings (2010).
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Key facts
• Name — Mazen Khaled • Birthplace — Beirut, Lebanon • Education — * American University of Beirut • Georgetown University • Concordia University • Florida State University • Occupation — Screenwriter, Director • Years Active — 2010 - present • Known for — Martyr A Petty Bourgeois Dream My Queer Samsara A Very Dangerous Man • Website — http: www.mazenkhaled.com
Life and career
Life and career
Khaled obtained a bachelor's degree in political studies from American University of Beirut. He then completed his master's degree in public policy from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. He also attended a film production program at Concordia University and the screenwriting MFA program at Florida State University. He started his career as a policy analyst and project manager and consequently he moved to advertising niche where he wrote and directed numerous ad films for around 12 years. His early works included experimental films with emphasis on "16mm film and contemporary art video". In 2002, he produced and directed his first short film Cadillac Blues. He is also known as the co-founder of Beirut-based art collector organization EXIST.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Film — Writer — Director — Producer — Editor — Format — Film Festival Screening — Nominated for • 2002 — Cadillac Blues — Short film • 2010 — Our Gentleman of the Wings — Short film • 2010 — My Queer Samsara — Short film — 2010 The International Film Festival Rotterdam • 2012 — A Very Dangerous Man — Short film — 2012 Dubai International Film Festival — Muhr Awards • 2013 — Hypnopompic — Dance Video • 2014 — Dans les Bras de Noir — Video • 2015 — The Still Life Series — Tableau Vivant • 2015 — In Search of Stillness — Video • 2016 — A Petty Bourgeois Dream — Feature Film • 2017 — Martyr — Feature Film — 2017 Venice International Film Festival (Premiere) — Queer Lion
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- 1.Beirut – Mazen Khaled. Beirut.com City Guide.
- 2.Aguilar, Carlos. "Since It's About the Death of a Body, We Wanted the Language of the Film to Be Sensuality": Mazen Khaled on Martyr. Filmmaker Magazine. 22 December 2018.
- 3.13 LGBTQ films to watch from the fall's blockbuster film festivals. NBC News. 5 September 2017.
- 4.Morris, Wesley. 'Martyr' Review: Tight Bonds and Isolation in Beirut. The New York Times. 2018-12-13. 0362-4331.
- 5.Martyr review – masterful, visceral study of grief. the Guardian. 2021-03-09.
- 6.Review: Meditative Lebanese drama 'Martyr' bathes in the grace of grief and loss. Los Angeles Times. 2018-11-29.
- 7."A Quiet Place," Directed By And Starring John Krasinski, Set To Open SXSW Film Fest. SHOOTonline.
- 8.Whittaker, Richard. SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List. www.austinchronicle.com. January 31, 2018.
- 9.SXSW 2018 Schedule. SXSW 2021 Schedule.
- 10.Mazen Khaled. IMDb.
- 11.My Queer Samsara IFFR. iffr.com.
- 12.Mazen Khaled face à la mer. L'Orient-Le Jour. 2018-07-19.
- 13.AFAC. www.arabculturefund.org.
- 14.A Very Dangerous Man - IMDb.
- 15.IDAL – Sectors in Focus – Media – Lebanese Movies. IDAL.COM.
- 16.About. Mazen Khaled.
- 17.MARTYR A FILM BY MAZEN KHALED, Lebanon, Italy ov. Arabic 84' 2017.
- 18.Cadillac Blues (2002) short film by Mazen Khaled. Gay Themed Movies. 2018-04-06.
- 19.Shorts Program-Force of Stillness Rubin Museum of Art. rubinmuseum.org.
- 20.Shorts 2. Aswat Palestinian Feminist Center for Gender and Sexual Freedoms.
- 21.Mourad, Selim. filmmaker. Selim Mourad.
- 22.Martyr 2017 full movie online – Updates. November 2023.
- 23.Telo kao režim, BG SEEcult.org. www.seecult.org.
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