Omar Amiralay (Arabic: عمر أميرالاي) (1944 — 5 February 2011)was a Syrian documentary film director and prominent civil society activist. He is noted for the strong political criticism in his films and played a prominent role in the events of the Damascus Spring of 2000.
KNOWN FOR
The Night
1992
Arab Camera
1987
Moudarres
1995
About a Revolution
1978
A Plate of Sardines
1997
Light and Shadows, the Last of the Pioneers: Nazih Shahbandar
1994
The Dream
1987
There Are Many Things One Can Talk About...
1997
On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat...
1996
A Flood in Baath Country
2003
The Man with the Golden Soles
2000
Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam
1970