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Lucien Bourjeily

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Presenting the VR film project entitled "Abandon" at the 2021 Venice Film Festival Production Bridge
Lucien Bourjeily is a Lebanese writer and director of both theater and film. His extensive work in avant-garde theatre has traveled the worldwide festival circuit and his debut feature-length film "Heaven Without People" won the Special Jury Prize award at the 2017 Dubai IFF. A Fulbright scholar he holds an MFA in Filmmaking from the Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles (2013).
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  • Awards
    • 9 wins & 31 nominations

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Presenting "Heaven Without People" at the 35th Miami International Film Festival
Heaven Without People wins "Special Jury Prize" & "Best Ensemble Cast" at the Festival des cinémas arabes à Paris
Receiving the Special Jury Prize at the 2017 Dubai International Film Festival
Lucien Bourjeily
Lucien Bourjeily
With actresses Nancy Karam and Farah Shaer on the closing night red carpet of the 2017 Dubai IFF
HAMBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 03: Lucien Bourjeily attends the 'Heaven without people' premiere during the Film Festival
"Heaven Without People" at the 33rd Mostra De Valencia
Los Angeles Premiere of "Heaven Without People" - September 2018
July 2018 at the Festival des cinémas arabes à Paris
At the world premiere of "Heaven Without People" at the 14th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (7th of December 2017)
Lucien Bourjeily

Known for

Heaven Without People (2017)
Heaven Without People
7.4
  • Director
  • 2017
Mira (2020)
Mira
TV Mini Series
  • Director
  • 2020
Soukoon (2019)
Soukoon
8.7
Short
  • Producer
  • 2019
I Offered You Pleasure (2011)
I Offered You Pleasure
8.6
Short
  • Producer
  • 2011

Credits

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Director

  • Minerva (2021)
    Minerva
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Beirut 6:07 (2020)
    Beirut 6:07
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Mira (2020)
    Mira
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Heaven Without People (2017)
    Heaven Without People
    • Director
    • 2017
  • CML Advertisement (2015)
    CML Advertisement
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2015
  • Ariel in Beirut (2013)
    Ariel in Beirut
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Al Kamache (2013)
    Al Kamache
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2013
  • What would you do without me Dada Bunny? (2012)
    What would you do without me Dada Bunny?
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2012
  • The Awooga Method (2011)
    The Awooga Method
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2011
  • The Earplugs (2011)
    The Earplugs
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Akh Ursula Akh (2010)
    Akh Ursula Akh
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Taht el aaricha (2008)
    Taht el aaricha
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2008

Writer

  • Minerva (2021)
    Minerva
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Beirut 6:07 (2020)
    Beirut 6:07
    • writer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Mira (2020)
    Mira
    • Writer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Heaven Without People (2017)
    Heaven Without People
    • Writer
    • 2017
  • CML Advertisement (2015)
    CML Advertisement
    • Writer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2015
  • Ariel in Beirut (2013)
    Ariel in Beirut
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Al Kamache (2013)
    Al Kamache
    • co-writer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • What would you do without me Dada Bunny? (2012)
    What would you do without me Dada Bunny?
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2012
  • The Awooga Method (2011)
    The Awooga Method
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • The Earplugs (2011)
    The Earplugs
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Akh Ursula Akh (2010)
    Akh Ursula Akh
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Taht el aaricha (2008)
    Taht el aaricha
    • screenplay
    • Short
    • 2008

Producer

  • Soukoon (2019)
    Soukoon
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Faces In The Sun (2019)
    Faces In The Sun
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Heaven Without People (2017)
    Heaven Without People
    • producer
    • 2017
  • Desi Ivanova in Obedience (2017)
    Obedience
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Ariel in Beirut (2013)
    Ariel in Beirut
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Al Kamache (2013)
    Al Kamache
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • What would you do without me Dada Bunny? (2012)
    What would you do without me Dada Bunny?
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Mail Call
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • I Offered You Pleasure (2011)
    I Offered You Pleasure
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • The Earplugs (2011)
    The Earplugs
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Akh Ursula Akh (2010)
    Akh Ursula Akh
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2010

Personal details

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    In 2012, he was chosen by CNN as one of 8 leading cultural lights from Lebanon's contemporary arts scene that are making an impact in Lebanon and internationally. For his activism against censorship on the arts in Lebanon he was nominated for the 2014 "Freedom of Expression" award held annually at the Barbican Center in London by Index on Censorship.
  • Quotes
    Theatre has so many competitors, it's no longer enough to see and hear a play. You want to be able to touch and smell it, too.

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