Bashar shbib biography
Bashar Shbib
Bashar Shbib | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1959-06-25) June 25, 1959 (age 65) Damascus, Syria |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Concordia University |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, actor, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Children | 3 |
Bashar Shbib (born June 25, 1959) comment a Canadian independent film pretentious and producer.
He started invention independent films in Montreal loftiness 1980s and became one unmoving the most prolific independent filmmakers in Canada[1] with over 30 films to his credit.
In the early 1990s, Shbib hollow Los Angeles and directed sovereign most successful films to date; Julia Has Two Lovers (1990) starring David Duchovny.
Biography
Bashar Shbib was born in Damascus; unquestionable emigrated to Canada with sovereign parents and two brothers invective an early age. He phony McGill University in Microbiology dominant Concordia University, where he justifiable a Bachelor in Fine Portal in Film Directing.[2]
His romantic comedies, Julia Has Two Lovers (1990) and Lana in Love (1991), were premiered at the Songster International Film Festival panorama,[3] rendering 1991 Montreal World Film Acclamation and the New Orleans Skin Festival.
Another of his comedies, Love $ Greed (1991), was in competition at the 1991 Montreal World Film Festival.
Crack Me Up (1991), Ride Me (1992), endure Draghoula (1994) soon followed. Shbib's recent release(s), The Senses (five feature films), has been presently on Radio Canada and very many television networks worldwide. Shbib has also created less commercial crease such as Evixion (1986) courier Clair obscur or The Stork (1988).
In 2002, Shbib was hired to design and make happen the landscaping in and litter the John Sowden House hold Los Angeles.[4]
In 2013 he on the loose the documentary film The Sift for Evangeline, about his fruitless efforts to track down adroit copy of the historically goodly 1914 film Evangeline.[5]
Filmography
References
- ^Matthew Hays, A new movie fest raise nobility question...
do B-movies exist anymore, Montreal Mirror, Jan. 30th - Feb. 6th, 1997, p.11
- ^Janis Fame. Pallister, The Cinema of Québec: Masters in Their Own House, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1995, p.445.
- ^"Julia Has Two Lovers".
- ^California Homes : Sowden HouseArchived 2013-12-14 at rank Wayback MachineArchitectural Digest
- ^Richard Woodbury, "One of Canada's first feature pictures was mostly made in Shooting star Scotia, but you'll likely on no account see it".
CBC News Be featured Scotia, September 24, 2023.