Simon El Habre

Simon El Habre was born in Beirut. In 1998 he obtained a Diploma in Audiovisual Directing from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, and also graduated from La Fémis (Paris) in Film and Video Editing in 2000. Since 2001, he has taught Video and Visual Expression as well as Film and Video Editing at ALBA in Lebanon. In addition to directing many commercials and reportagebased pieces – mainly for Arab satellite channels MBC, al-Arabia, and al-Jazeera – he has also edited award-winning short and documentary films. He is an acclaimed editor in Lebanon and a member of Beirut DC, the cultural association for the development of cinema.