Abdellatif Abdelhamid

Syrian director, born on January 5, 1954, is the Syrian cinematographer, and the landmark in the history of Syrian cinema. He is considered one of the most important directors in the seventh art field in the entire Arab world. He worked as an actor, musician, director and singer in the student theater and the theater of the cultural center. He studied Arabic literature at Tishreen University before being dispatched to Moscow. In 1981 he graduated from the High Institute of Cinema in Moscow. At the Film Institute, he performed 3 works "Goodnight, Old Class, Upside Down."

Awards - "Old Lesson" won 6 awards.

- He won five awards for his movie "Nights of Jackal".