Ely Dagher

Ely Dagher
Born	(1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality	Lebanon
Occupation	Film director, producer

Ely Dagher is a Lebanese director, screenwriter and artist known for his Palme D'Or-winning short film Waves '98

Early years

Ely Dagher was born in 1985, in Beirut, Lebanon. He received a Masters of Arts in contemporary art theory and new media from the prestigious Goldsmiths College, London University. Previously he had received a Bachelors in graphic arts and illustration as well as a Bachelors in animation at the Academie Libanaise Des Beaux Arts in Lebanon.^[1]

Career

His film Waves '98 won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival,^[2]^[3] becoming the first Lebanese film to ever receive the award.^[4]

Waves '98 has since won several other awards and was also selected at Sundance FIlm festival, Toronto international film festival, Dubai International film festival, AFI and others .

Ely Dagher is and artist/film-maker working with different mediums and producing work that intertwines on different levels. His work focuses on the layering and constructing of multiple narratives across film, painting and installation.

Ely is currently working on his first feature film.

Filmography

Beirut, 2007
The Cooler, 2012
Waves '98, 2015

References

↑ Une première pour le Liban : Ely Dagher Palme d'or du court-métrage à Cannes| http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/926523/ely-dagher-remporte-la-palme-dor-du-court-metrage-a-cannes.html
↑ "Ely Dagher: Prizewinner of the Cannes 2015 Film Festival". 13 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
↑ Festival De Cannes | AWARDS – Short Film Palme d'or | http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/62012.html
↑ Lebanon’s Ely Dagher Wins Palme D’Or in Cannes for Waves ’98 | http://35mmfrombeirut.com/keeward/lebanons-ely-dagher-wins-palme-dor-in-cannes-for-waves-98/

External links

Ely Dagher at the Internet Movie Database

Short Film Palme d'Or Winners

1950s	White Mane – Albert Lamorisse (1953) Blinkity Blank – Norman McLaren (1955) The Red Balloon – Albert Lamorisse (1956) Courte Histoire – Ion Popescu-Gopo (1957) N.Y., N.Y. – Francis Thompson (1959) Zmiana warty – Halina Bielinska and Wlodzimierz Haupe (1959)

1960s	La Petite cuillère – Carlos Vilardebo (1961) La Rivière du hibou – Robert Enrico (1961) À fleur d'eau – Alexander J. Seiler and Rob Gnant (1963) Le Haricot – Edmond Séchan (1963) Nyitany – János Vadász (1965) Skaterdater – Noel Black (1966) Sky Over Holland – John Fernhout (1967) Cîntecele Renasterii – Mirel Iliesiu (1969)

1970s	Magic Machines – Bob Curtis (1970) Le Fusil à lunette – Jean Chapot (1972) Balablok – Bretislav Pojar (1973) Ostrov – Fedor Khitrouk, Edouard Nazarov and Vladimir Zouïkov (1974) Lautrec – Geoff Dunbar (1975) Metamorphosis – Barry Greenwald (1976) The Struggle – Marcell Jankovics (1977) Rowing Across the Atlantic – Jean-François Laguionie (1978) Harpya – Raoul Servais (1979)

1980s	Seaside Woman – Oscar Grillo (1980) Moto perpetuo – Béla Vajda (1981) Merlin ou le cours de l'or – Arthur Joffé (1982) Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose – Pierre Levy (1983) Le Cheval de fer – Gérald Frydman and Pierre Levie (1984) Chiri – David Takaichvili (1984) Jenitba – Slav Bakalov and Rumen Petkov (1985) An Exercise in Discipline - Peel – Jane Campion (1986) Palisade – Laurie McInnes (1987) Vykrutasy – Garry Bardin (1988) 50 ans – Gilles Carle (1989)

1990s	The Lunch Date – Adam Davidson (1990) Z podniesionymi rekami – Mitko Panov (1991) Omnibus – Sam Karmann (1992) Coffee and Cigarettes (Somewhere in California) – Jim Jarmusch (1993) El Héroe– Carlos Carrera (1994) Gagarin– Alexij Kharitidi (1995) Szél– Marcell Iványi (1996) ...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? – Tessa Sheridan (1997) L'Interview – Xavier Giannoli (1998) When the Day Breaks – Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (1999)

2000s	Anino – Raymond Red (2000) Bean Cake – David Greenspan (2001) Eso utan – Péter Mészáros (2002) Cracker Bag – Glendyn Ivin (2003) Trafic – Catalin Mitulescu (2004) Podorozhni – Igor Strembitsky (2005) Sniffer – Bobbie Peers (2006) Ver Llover – Elisa Miller (2007) Megatron – Marian Crisan (2008) Arena – João Salaviza (2009)

2010s	Chienne d'histoire – Serge Avédikian (2010) Cross – Maryna Vroda (2011) Sessiz-Be Deng – Rezan Yeşilbaş (2012) Safe – Byoung-gon Moon (2013) Leidi – Simón Mesa Soto (2014) Waves '98 – Ely Dagher (2015)

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