Wissam Charaf
- Known for
- Directing
- Place of birth
- Beirut, Lebanon
Biography
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.
Movies with Wissam Charaf
- Geronimo 2014
Movies directed by Wissam Charaf
- Heaven Sent 2016 · ★ 6.6
- Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous 2023 · ★ 6.7
- Unforgettable Memory of a Friend 2018 · ★ 6.2
- If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds 2023 · ★ 6.3
- It's All in Lebanon 2012 · ★ 5.2
- Après 2016 · ★ 4.0
- Disorder 2024 · ★ 10.0
- Manuel de survie d'un combattant 2016
- Pas de panique 2020
- Hizz Ya Wizz 2005
- L'Armée des fourmis 2007