Director

Nadine Labaki

Acting

Career Snapshot

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Directed credits

Emerging

Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

3.6

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 53431

IMDb ID: nm1701024

Known for: Acting

Born: February 18, 1974

Age: 51

Place of birth: Baabdat, Lebanon

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2003 - 2024

Years active: 22

Average TMDB rating: 6.34

Wikidata: Q266539

Also known as

نادين لبكي

Frequent jobs

Director (4)Executive Producer (1)Sound Editor (1)Thanks (1)

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Biography

Nadine Labaki (born February 18, 1974) is a Lebanese actress, writer, and director. Before directing films, Labaki started out as one of the well known directors in the Arabic music video industry. Inspired by growing up during the Lebanese Civil War, Labaki is known for demonstrating everyday aspects of Lebanese life and covering a range of political issues such as war, poverty, and feminism in her work. She is the first female Arab director to direct a film nominated for an Oscar in the category for Best Foreign Language Film for her third directorial effort, Capernaum (2018).