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Sameh Zoabi

Director, Writer, ProducerBorn January 1, 1975 (51 years)
Sameh Zoabi is a Palestinian Israeli film writer and director best known for his 2019 film Tel Aviv on Fire. Zoabi grew up in Iksal, a village near Nazareth, Israel. His father is a farmer. He studied at Tel Aviv University, graduating with a dual degree in film studies and literature, and then attended Columbia University on a Fulbright scholarship, receiving his MFA in 2005. Zoabi lives in Brooklyn and teaches at New York University.

Known For

  • Tel Aviv on Fire
  • The Idol
  • Accused (US)
  • Man Without a Cell Phone
  • Under the Same Sun

Sameh Zoabi Filmography

2018
2015
The Idol · as Screenplay
2010
Man Without a Cell Phone · as Screenplay

2010
Man Without a Cell Phone · as Co-Producer

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