A Lebanese director, born in Beirut. He studied cinema at the Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema in Egypt and began his career as an assistant director on a number of films. He directed a number of films and series, and his credits include the film The Reaping of Illusion (1989) and the series Every Day a Tale S3 (1978), Happiness Hotel (1979), The Arabs Said (1983), and The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1996).