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Filmmaker · Iraq

Haidar Al-Omar

Died in 1968

Haidar Al-Omar was born in 1924 in Baghdad, in the district of al-Aadhamiya. After his secondary studies, he opened in 1946 in the souk of his district a bookshop combined with a photography studio, then joined Iraqi radio broadcasting. Regarded as the first Iraqi film director, he directed two feature films, then worked as an editor and sound engineer on other films, and ended his career in the civil service. He died on 14 May 1968.

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