Jassim Al Oboudi (1925 - 1989) جاسم العُبودي
Biography
An Iraqi director and actor, born in the city of Al-Shatrah. He graduated with distinction from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 1947. He received a scholarship to the United States in 1948, after which he joined the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and obtained a...Read more Master of Fine Arts degree in 1953. He held many academic and administrative positions, including a teacher of directing, acting, voice, recitation, and theatrical literature at the Institute of Fine Arts, and a lecturer in theatrical literature at the College of Education. He founded the Free Theater Troupe in 1954 and was its artistic director until 1973. His credits include All My Sons (1978), The Road (1969) and Earth (1971). He died on 10 November 1989.
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- Nationality:
- Iraq
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- Date of Birth:
- 24 September 1925
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- Birth Country:
- Iraq
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- Died on:
- 10 November 1989
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- Death Country:
- US
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- 2022 - Movie
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- 2023 - Series
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- 2009 - Movie
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- 2021 - Series
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- 2018 - Series
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Director (6)
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- Kuluhum Awladi
- 1978 - Play
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- haflat samar min 'ajl 5 huziran
- 1972 - Play
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- Earth
- 1971 - Play
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- The Road
- 1969 - Play
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- The Just
- 1969 - Play
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- The truth is dead
- 1955 - Play
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Actor (4)
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- al-qilada
- 1980 - Movie
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- Pendulum
- 1979 - Movie
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- Al Lawha
- 1977 - Movie
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- Al Dawasir
- 1975 - Series
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More details
An Iraqi director and actor, born in the city of Al-Shatrah. He graduated with distinction from the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 1947. He received a scholarship to the...Read more United States in 1948, after which he joined the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1953. He held many academic and administrative positions, including a teacher of directing, acting, voice, recitation, and theatrical literature at the Institute of Fine Arts, and a lecturer in theatrical literature at the College of Education. He founded the Free Theater Troupe in 1954 and was its artistic director until 1973. His credits include All My Sons (1978), The Road (1969) and Earth (1971). He died on 10 November 1989.
Trivia:
- His final work was the play All My Children by Arthur Miller, presented by the National Acting Troupe in 1978, which gained success a quarter of a century after he directed it for the first time. He won the title of Best Director for the 1977-1978 season, in addition to a certificate of appreciation from the National Acting Troupe.
- The final stage of his career began after 1968, after his return to the Academy of Fine Arts and his continued participation in the administrative committee of the Cinema and Theater Foundation. He directed many plays, such as The Road (1969), written by Nasr Al Din Fouad, Academy of Fine Arts at the Al-Khaled Hall Theater, as well as The Just (1969), written by Albert Camus, National Acting Troupe at the National Theater.
- Nationality:
- Iraq
- Date of Birth:
- 24 September 1925
- Birth Country:
- Iraq
- Birth City:
- Dhi Qar
- Died on:
- 10 November 1989
- Death Country:
- US
- Death City:
- Michigan
