Omar Amiralay

Omar Amiralay
عمر أميرالاي
Born(1944-10-20)20 October 1944
Died5 February 2011(2011-02-05) (aged 66)
Damascus, Syria
Years active1970–2011
AwardsBerlin International Film Festival – Interfilm Award – Otto Dibelius Film Award
1976 Everyday Life in a Syrian Village

Omar Amiralay (Arabic: عمر أميرالاي) (20 October 1944 – 5 February 2011) was a Syrian documentary film director and civil society activist. He is noted for the political criticism in his films, and played a prominent role in the events of the Damascus Spring of 2000.


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