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Omar Shargawi was born in 1974 in Odense, Denmark. He is an actor and director, known for Go with Peace, Jamil (2008), ½ Revolution (2011) and Al Medina (2015).
- Actor, Director, Writer
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Omar Shargawi (født 1974, København) er en dansk filminstruktør med danske og palæstinensiske rødder. I 2008 debuterede Omar med filmen Gå med fred, Jamil. Før han sprang ud som filminstruktør arbejdede han som fotograf.
May 27, 2008 · Omar Shargawi • Director. "It is the personal stories that are interesting" by Boyd van Hoeij. 27/05/2008 - Palestinian-Danish director Omar Shargawi won a Tiger Award for his debut Go With Peace Jamil at the Rotterdam Film Festival, where Cineuropa spoke with him.
Director. Biography. He initially worked as a photographer and is self-taught in filmmaking. His first feature film, Gå med fred Jamil, won prizes in several festivals such as Rotterdam, Gothenburg and Transylvania. Western Arabs is his latest film, selected at the Berlinale. Related works. No related work. Other figures.
- Director
- March 25, 2020
- denmark
Omar Shargawi is a Danish actor, writer and director. He is best known for his directorial projects Go with Peace Jamil (2008), 1/2 Revolution (2011) and Al Medina (2015). In 2018 he worked as a voice actor for The Guilty, a crime thriller.
Dec 10, 2009 · As a child, every time director Omar Shargawi asked his father about his life and his family's flight from Palestine in 1948, his father invariably closed up. After he became a filmmaker, Shargawi vowed to get his father to tell his story in a documentary.
Omar Shargawi. (1974 – ) Director. Born 1974, Denmark. Raised by his danish mother and palestinian father in Copenhagen. Self-taught director with previous experience working as a photographer. Shargawi made his feature film debut as director 'Go with Peace Jamil' (2008).
