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Currently, Ziad H. Hamzeh is 65 years, 3 months and 12 days old. Ziad H. Hamzeh will celebrate 66rd birthday on a Wednesday 22nd of January 2025. Below we countdown to Ziad H. Hamzeh upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Ziad H. Hamzeh |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Age | 65 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | January 22, 1959 (Damascus, Syria) |
| Birthday | January 22 |
| Town/City | Damascus, Syria |
| Nationality | Syria |
Ziad H. Hamzeh’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Ziad H. Hamzeh was born in the Year of the Pig. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.
Ziad H Hamzeh Director, Producer, Writer. Ziad's body of work as a director, producer and writer has earned over forty awards and honors. Most recently Ziad produced The Island Of Forgiveness starring Claudia Cardinale.
The film is slotted for release in 2020. Prior work include producing The Flower of Aleppo starring Hend Sabry and executive produced Dreams I Never Had starring Malcolm McDowell. The Flower Of Aleppo was honored as Tunisia's entry into both the 2017 Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards.
The Flower was chosen to be the opening night event at the prestigious Carthage Film Festival. Irrefutable Proof, a dramatic thriller Ziad directed and produced, swept the Beverly Hills Film Festival earning three of the fest's highest awards: the Golden Palm, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography.
He shared the Abu Dhabi Film Festival's Black Pearl Award for Best Producer for the film Always Brando, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Always Brando also received the Best Picture Award from the Alexandria Film Festival and the Jury Prize from the Algerian Film Festival.
Ziad's Academy Award qualifying documentary The Letter: An American Town and the Somali Invasion has won numerous awards and accolades and was heralded as Critics Pick by New York Magazine. Woman, a documentary he shot on location in Syria, once again earned Ziad the Beverly Hills Film Festival's highest honor, the Golden Palm Award.
¡Henry O! garnered Best Documentary honors at the BHFF as well as the Best of Fest Award from the Breckenridge Film Festival and the Accolades Award for Excellence in Film. His critically acclaimed feature film Shadow Glories has been heralded as "Powerful and distinctive.
A mature, accomplished work... strong, stylish and uncompromising" by Kevin Thomas, film critic for The Los Angeles Times. In July, 2019, Ziad had the release of Hail Mary (Sushi Tushi), his animated and live-action football comedy.
In development is Ziad's feature film Willow. Stylistically, Willow is a magnificent story where poetic realism marries the the harsh dark layers of life. A rose standing in the center of the violent storm, tossed in so many directions with no shelter.
A clearly focused journey that sparks with fresh and honest look at the struggles that face our character in her darkest moments. An accomplished,original, and brilliant structure that breaks through the common chains and expectations of a melodramatic story and elevates it with gracefulness.
The poetic nature that embodies the style of writing will allow a dazzling display of rawness and courage. Lightness that disguises the truth and the darkness that reveals it. Silence that conquered the greatest noise, the audience will feel the power of this emotionally charged journey.
In Hollywood, Ziad created two extraordinary theaters: The Open Fist Theatre Company and The Egyptian Arena. As Artistic Director of the award-winning Open Fist Theatre, Ziad brought to the LA theatre community prestigious international playwrights such as Arrabel, Artue, Beckett, Brecht, Churchill, Gretzky, and Lorca.
He directed and produced over sixty major stage productions, among them Roxy Ventola's After The Bomb, Brecht's Baal, Sam Shephard's True West, Arrabel's Car Cemetery, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant, Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carre, Nicholas Kazan's Blood Moon, Poor Murderer, The Architect And Empress Of Assyria, Cinders, Low Level Panic, and Dusa, Fish, Stas, And Vi.
Ziad has mentored and empowered numerous artists such as Burr Steers (Charlie St. Cloud, 17 Again, Igby Goes Down), Tony Spiridakis (The Last Word, Queens Logic), Dalene Young (Cross Creek, Pale Rider Pale Horse, Little Darlings), and Juan Carlos Valdivia (Southern District, Juno And The Pink Whale, American Visa).
They found a haven for their creative powers when joining Ziad at The Open Fist Theatre. Professor Ziad teaches advanced and graduate classes in filmmaking and photography at Lesley University and Emerson College.
He earned an MFA in directing from California State University, Fullerton, an MA in writing and criticism from California State University, Los Angeles, and a BA in theatre from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Ziad is a member of The Producer's Guild Of America.
