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Georges Khabbaz
Born
Batroun, Lebanon
OccupationActor, Writer, Director, Comedian, Musician, Playwright, Producer, Theater Professor
Years active1991-present
Websitewww.georgeskhabbaz.com

Georges Khabbaz (born in Batroun, November 5, 1976) is a Lebanese actor, writer, director, comedian, musician, playwright, producer and Theater Professor.

He is a television, theater and cinema actor in addition to being a director, producer and music composer. Georges has participated as the main actor in more than 25 television shows out of which He was the script writer and director of three sitcoms which were ranked as the most viewed. For the last 11 years, he has produced, directed and starred in 12 plays, each of which was attended by an audience of more than 100,000 spectators. He was the main actor in Under the Bombs and Silina and he was the writer and lead actor of a new Lebanese movie Ghadi released in 2013 and the writer and supervisor of the Lebanese movie Waynon released in 2014.

Early life

Georges Khabbaz was born into a family of artists. His father Georges Joubran Khabbaz has played in many plays such as Sahriyyi for Ziad Rahbani and he attended several roles in television programs such as Les Miserables, Youth 73, and in some episodes with the Abu Melhem. His mother Odette Atiyyeh was also represented in many plays, especially in the local festivals. Georges Khabbaz studied at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik and obtained a degree In Musical Comedy. He was four years old, when he stood for the first time on stage, in the school during the play "Life of St. Maron," but professionally, he began in theater since 1994.

Career

Films

In 2006, Georges Khabbaz starred with Nada Abou Farhat in the film Under the Bombs (or Sous Les Bombes) directed by Philippe Aractingi. The film, which used "real shots of the war and of the horrors it created among the civilian population", follows a Muslim woman as she tries to find her son in the immediate aftermath of the Lebanese war, accompanied by a Christian taxi driver Georges Khabbaz. London Evening Standard reviewer Derek Malcolm praised (Georges Khabbaz)'s performance as "excellent".[1] However Time Out London reviewer Dave Calhoun described the film as "deeply flawed".[2] The film was one of 16 out of 983 submissions to be selected for screening at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.[3] Khabbaz was awarded Best Actor in a Feature at the 8th Annual Rotterdam_Film_Festival for the role.[4] Alain Spira wrote in Paris Match on May 5, 2008 that Georges Khabbaz the star in his country is Litteraly AL PACINESQUE [5]

The 2008 film Silina, directed by Hatem Ali, saw Khabbaz together with Duraid Lahham and Miriam Fares in a film retelling of the operetta Hala and the King (originally by Mansour and Assi Rahbani). Khabbaz plays the King of Silina, who is tricked by his entourage and as a result proposes marriage to a poor woman, believing her to be a princess he is destined to marry.[6]

In 2012 Khabbaz wrote and starred in the film Ghadi directed by Amine Dora and produced by The Talkies. In a small coastal town, Leba Georges Khabbaz a music instructor, marries his childhood sweetheart Lara. Medical tests show that his newborn has special needs. The towns-people are fast to reject little Ghadi. Leba and his friends must find a way to convince his neighbors to accept his young son. Their solution is genius, heartwarming and redemptive. The Hollywood Reporter said "The polished production and adamant view of a better human nature make GHADI hard to resist" Dora and Khabbaz have delivered a sly and absorbing comedy whose particular resonance for arab viewers never undercuts its essential appeal to a potentially broad array of audiences. GHADI was selected to represent Lebanon in the foreign-language Oscar race 2015 (it was initially chosen last year but opened too late at home to qualify). Ghadi won the AUDIENCE AWARD at the International_Filmfestival_Mannheim-Heidelberg 2014, the KNN AUDIENCE AWARD at the International Busan Film Festival 2014, the AUDIENCE AWARD at the Arabian Sights Film Festival Washington 2014 , the BEST FICTION and BEST ACTOR at La Nuit Des Mabrouk 2014 and the BEST LEBANESE MOVIE and BEST CINEMA ACTOR at Murex d'or2013.

Television

  • 1996: Fingers of gold
  • 1997-2001: Bassmat watan
  • 1997: Women in the storm
  • 1998: Shabeb w Banet
  • 1999: Talbin El Orb
  • 2001: killa melha
  • 2003 and 2004: Abdo w Abdo
  • 2005: Se'a Bel Ize'a
  • 2006: Fadi & Radi
  • 2010: To Yara
  • 2011: One of these days (Yawman ma) TV Film
  • 2012: Te'riban Osset Hob
  • 2013: Al Kina'a

Theatre

  • 2005: Msibi jdidi - مصيبة جديدة ( New Calamity )
  • 2006: Kezzeb Kbir - كذاب كبير ( Big Liar )
  • 2007: Halla' Wa'ta - هلٌق وقتا ( It's Its Time )
  • 2008: Shou El Adiyye? - شو القضيٌة ( What's the Case ? )
  • 2009: 'al Tari' - عالطريق ( On the Way )
  • 2010: Le Professeur - البروفيسور ( The Professor )
  • 2011: Matloub - مطلوب ( Wanted )
  • 2012: Awal Bel Saf - الأٌول بالصف ( First in Class )
  • 2013: Mish Mikhtilfeen - مش مختلفين ( Not Different )
  • 2013-2014: Natrino - ناطرينو ( Waiting Him )
  • 2014: RAFKA - رفقا Musical
  • 2014-2015: Wara Lbeb - ورا الباب ( Behind The Door )

Awards

°Khabbaz has won the Murex d'Or award several times: in 2004 for best sitcom Abdo w Abdo , in 2006 for best theatrical play in (Kezzeb Kbir), in 2008 for best polyvalent artist.[7], in 2011 for best actor in (To Yara)and in 2013 for best cinema actor in Ghadi.

°Best Actor in Roterdam Festival 2008 for his part in Under the Bombs.

°Best Play "Kezzeb Kbir" in Festival de Molière - Paris 2007.

°Best Actor at La Nuit Des Mabrouk 2014 for his role in Ghadi.


References

  1. ^ Malcolm, Derek (2008-03-20). "A taxi ride to hell". The London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  2. ^ Calhoun, Dave (2008-03-26). "Under the Bombs (2007)". Time Out London. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  3. ^ "2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition". Film Threat. 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  4. ^ Howeidy, Amira (July 2008). "In the eye of the storm". Al-Ahram Weekly Online (904).
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ Atef Fares, Mohammad (June 2009). "A New Take on a Classic Tale". Syria Today.
  7. ^ Murex d'Or official site, accessed 2010-12-04

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