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About
Director whose work included documentaries and features dealing with the Middle East and Jewish-Arab conflict.
Before Fame
He earned a Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.
Trivia
He received the Leopard of Honor for lifetime achievement at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2008.
Family Life
His father worked as an architect in Germany.
Associated With
His 2007 film Disengagement starred Juliette Binoche.
