Directing
Wissam Charaf
FR, AR, EN cinema · 15 credits
Birthplace
Beirut, Lebanon
Born in Beirut in 1973, Wissam Charaf is a filmmaker and journalist. He worked as assistant director on the music videos of Noir Désir, Sinead O’Connor and Ingrid Caven. He has made six short films including Hizz Ya Wizz, Un héros ne meurt jamais and Après. His first feature film, Fallen from the Sky, was selected at ACID – Cannes. Dirty Difficult Dangerous, his second feature film, won the Europa Cinemas Award at the Festival of Venice in 2022. In 2023, his new short film, If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds, was presented as part of the official selection in Venice, and won the Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival 2024.
Known for
Filmography
Holiday
Holiday
Director, Writer
Disorder
Director, Writer, Editor
Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous
Writer, Director
If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds
Editor, Writer, Director
You Teenagers
Director of Photography
Pas de panique
2020
Pas de panique
Director, Writer, Editor
Unforgettable Memory of a Friend
Director, Screenplay
Heaven Sent
Director
Manuel de survie d'un combattant
2016
Manuel de survie d'un combattant
Writer, Director
Après
2016
Après
Director, Writer
It's All in Lebanon
2012
It's All in Lebanon
Writer, Director
L'Armée des fourmis
Director, Writer