Person
Sameh Zoabi
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Jan 1, 1975
- From
- Iksal, Israele
Sameh Zoabi is a Palestinian Israeli film writer and director best known for his 2019 film Tel Aviv on Fire. Zoabi grew up in Iksal, a village near Nazareth, Israel. His father is a farmer. He studied at Tel Aviv University, graduating with a dual degree in film studies and literature, and then attended Columbia University on a Fulbright scholarship, receiving his MFA in 2005. Zoabi lives in Brooklyn and teaches at New York University.
