The Most Famous

FILM DIRECTORS from Jordan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Jordanian Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 2,041 Film Directors, 1 of which were born in Jordan. This makes Jordan the birth place of the 94th most number of Film Directors behind Lebanon, and Kenya.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Jordanian Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Jordanian Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Mai Masri (b. 1959)

With an HPI of 37.15, Mai Masri is the most famous Jordanian Film Director.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Mai Masri (Arabic: مي المصري; born April 2, 1959) is a Palestinian filmmaker, director and producer. Her films are primarily documentaries which focus on the real life struggles of the women and children living in the occupied Palestinian territories and Lebanon. She has received over 60 international awards for her films and is hailed as a pioneer in the Middle Eastern film industry.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Jordanian film directors born between 1959 and 1959. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Jordanian film directors include Mai Masri.

Living Jordanian Film Directors

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