Bassam Al-Thawadi
| Bassam Al Thawadi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Bassam Mohammed Al Thawadi December 13, 1960 Manama |
| Nationality | Bahraini |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1974 - present |
| Spouse(s) |
Donya Ahmed Al Wazzan (14 March 2001 - present) Seham Hameed Sanqoor (12 December 1985 – 16 September 1986) (divorced) |
Donya Ahmed Al Wazzan (14 March 2001 - present)
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.
Bassam Mohammed Al Thawadi was born in Gudaibiya in the Bahraini capital, Manama in December 1960. Bassam's father worked in nearby Saudi Arabia in the 1960s, and it was in this time that Bassam developed an interest in photography. In 1979, he studied filming at the Higher Institute of Cinema at the Academy of Arts in Cairo, Egypt and he graduated in 1982. During his study he directed a short drama film, Al Qina'a (translation: The Mask) shot on 16mm and his graduation project was a short drama, Malaekat Al Ardh (translation: Angels of the Earth) .
He joined Bahrain TV on May 4, 1985, and had produced a variety programs for the channel. He also produced programmes which were broadcast in all Arab countries which are members of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).
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