Bassam Al-Thawadi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Bassam Al-Thawadi

filmmaker

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1960

Place of Birth: Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain

Profession: actor, film director

Nationality: Bahrain

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Bassam Al-Thawadi

  • Bassam Mohammed Al-Thawadi (born December 13, 1960) is a veteran Bahraini filmmaker and film director, known for producing Bahrain's first feature film, The Barrier, in 1990.
  • Regarded as a regional pioneer in film-making, he is a founding member of the GCC Cinema Society and is also the founder and director-in-general of first Arab Cinema Festival in Bahrain.
  • He had directed numerous short films and also commercials, educational & cultural programmes during his tenure in the Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation as well as performing in plays.Al-Thawadi was chairman of the Al Sawari Video Festival of 1994 and a member of the judging committee of the Baghdad International Television & Film Festival in 1988.
  • He organized the New Egyptian Cinema Days Festival in Bahrain in 1993, and was the director of the fifth Arab Music Festival in 1996.

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