Jocelyne Saab
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 30, 1948
- Died
- January 7, 2019
- Birthplace
- Beirut, Lebanon
Jocelyne Saab was a filmmaker and a photographer. She was born in 1948 and grew up in Beirut. In 1973, she became a war reporter in the Middle-East, covering the war of October for Magazine 52, the third television channel in France. In 1975 she directed her first feature film, a documentary released in Parisian cinemas: Lebanon in Turmoil, distributed by Pascale Dauman. She will then cover the Lebanese war for fifteen years, during which she directs almost thirty films, including Beirut, never again, broadcasted on France 2 in 1976, Letter from Beirut and Beirut, my city, broadcasted on France 3 between 1978 and 1982. In 1977 both Egypt, City of the Dead and The Sahara is not up for sale and were shot and released in Parisian cinemas. In 1981, she shots Iran, Utopia in the making on the days following the Iranian revolution, which received several international prizes. In 1998, she went to Vietnam and directed a documentary called The Lady of Saigon, which is awarded best French documentary by the French senate. It’s broadcasted on France 2, and in many international festivals.
Filmography
Revolutionaries Never Die 2026
Director of Photography
My Name is Mei Shigenobu 2018
Director
One Dollar a Day 2016
Director
Imaginary Postcards 2016
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Gender Cafe 2013
Director
What's Going On? 2009
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Dunia 2006
Director, Writer, Producer
The Lady of Saigon 1996
Director
Once Upon a Time in Beirut 1995
Director, Writer
Fertilization in Video 1991
Director
Les Almées, danseuses orientales 1989
Director
La Tueuse 1988
Director
Arab Camera 1987
as Self
- The Architect of Louxor
The Architect of Louxor 1986
Director
La Croix des Pharaons 1986
Director
L’Amour d’Allah 1986
Director
The Ghosts of Alexandria 1986
Director
As Kineastas 1986
Actor
The Razor's Edge 1985
Director, Idea, Producer
Beirut, My City 1983
as Self, Director, Director of Photography
The Ship of Exile 1982
Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Lebanese, Hostages of Their City 1982
as Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography
Circle of Deceit 1981
Assistant Director
Iran, Utopia on the Move 1980
Director
Making of Nahla 1979
as Self, Director
Egypt, City of the Dead 1978
Director
A Letter from Beirut 1978
as Self, Director
Sahara Is Not for Sale 1977
Director, Writer, Producer
For a Few Lives 1976
Director, Producer
Children of War 1976
Producer, Screenplay, Director
South Lebanon: The Story of a Village Under Siege 1976
Director
Beirut, Never Again 1976
as Narrator (English Voice-Over) (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Lebanon in a Whirlwind 1975
as Self (uncredited), Director, Producer
Rejection Front 1975
Director
Personal Drawing of a French Mercenary 1975
Director
Les Palestiniens continuent 1974
Director
Palestinian Women 1974
Screenplay, Producer, Director
Credits from TMDB.