Feras Fayyad

film director and writer
Director, Filmmaker, Editor, Screenwriter, Cinematographer and Producer

Berlin, Germany

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July 2015

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About Feras

Feras Fayyad is a two-time Academy Award nominee film director, producer, writer, editor and cinematographer and two time Peabody award winner. Best known for his 2017 documentary “Last Men in Aleppo” and his recent 2019 documentary “The Cave” that earned him critical acclaim and numerous awards and nominations including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, making him the first Syrian director to be nominated for an Oscar. He also won an Emmy award for best current affairs documentary.

Fayyad has been arrested and brutally tortured because of documenting the human rights abusing in Syria. His recent testimony lead to the conviction of one of the colonels who was involved in his torture on crimes against humanity.

Fayyad has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2018 and a member of the Television Academy.

Gender:
Male

Height:
175'

Weight:
73

Body type:
Athletic

Hair:
Medium

Hair color:
Grey

Eyes:
Black

Ethnicity:
Middle Eastern

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Mother (2019 - 2023)
(War) Director
Mystery of Epilogue (2018 - 2023)
Documentary (Documentary) Director, writer
THE CAVE (2015 - 2018)
Documentary Dirctor and writer
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO (2013 - 2017)
Documentary writer, Dirctor

Awards

Acadmy award nominations "The Cave"
(2020)
Emmy Award nomination "the cave" best writing
(2020)
Emmy Award nomination "the cave" best directing
(2020)
Peabody award "THE CAVE"
(2020)
TIFF people choice award "The Cave"
(2019)
Emmy Award, best current Affairs documentary last men in Aleppo
(2018)
Acadmy award nominations "last men in Aleppo"
(2018)
Peabody award "Last men in Aleppo"
(2018)
Sundance grand jury prize "Last men in Aleppo"
(2017)