Rashid Masharawi

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-01-01 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Gaza, Palestine

Rashid Masharawi

Biography

Rashid Masharawi (Arabic: رشيد مشهراوي; born 1962) is a Palestinian film director, born in Gaza in 1962 to a family of refugees from Jaffa. He grew up in the Shati refugee camp. Rashid Masharawi lives and works in Ramallah, where he founded the Cinema Production and Distribution Center in 1996 with the aim of promoting local film productions. He also sponsors a mobile cinema, which allows him to screen films in Palestinian refugee camps. Other projects include the annual Kids Film Festival and major workshops on film production and directing. Rashid Masharawi regularly organises readings and discussion forums at the Al-Matal cultural centre. ...

Production

1995

Haifa

as Writer

1995

Haifa

as Producer

1995

Haifa

as Director

2014

Palestine Stereo

as Director

2014

Palestine Stereo

as Screenplay

1999

Behind the walls

as Director

1994

Curfew

as Director

2002

2024

Passing Dreams

as Producer

2024

Passing Dreams

as Director

2024

1991

1986

Passport

as Director

1989

Shelter

as Director

2021

Recovery

as Director

2014

Palestine Stereo

as Producer

2009

Laila's Birthday

as Producer

2005

Attentive

as Director

2005

Attentive

as Writer

2009

Laila's Birthday

as Director

2009

Laila's Birthday

as Screenplay

2025

From Ground Zero

as Producer

2005

2017

Writing on Snow

as Director

1994

Curfew

as Writer

1998

Tension

as Director

2017

2002

2000

Upside Down

as Director

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