Nadine Labaki
18 February 1974 – present
Nadine Labaki is a Lebanese film director, screenwriter and actress. Her features include Caramel, Where Do We Go Now? and Capernaum, the last of which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She was the first Arab woman director nominated in that category.
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Life events
Born in the town of Baabdat, east of Beirut, during the years preceding the Lebanese Civil War.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgGraduated from the university's Institute of Scenic, Audiovisual and Cinematographic Studies.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe short 11 Rue Pasteur was recognised at the Biennale of Arab Cinema in Paris.
Built an early career directing commercials and music videos in Beirut before moving to features.
Caramel, which she directed and starred in, screened in the Directors' Fortnight section and was widely distributed internationally.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMarried the musician who has scored her films; the couple have two children.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer second feature won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer drama about a Beirut street child took the Jury Prize at the 2018 festival.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCapernaum was nominated as Lebanon's entry, making her the first Arab woman director nominated in the category.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgServed as president of the jury for the festival's Un Certain Regard section.
Source: en.wikipedia.org