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Ziad Doueiri

Ziad Doueiri

Editor, director and writer · Born January 1, 1963 (63) · Lebanon

Ziad Doueiri (Arabic: زياد دويري ; born October 7, 1963) is a Lebanese film director. He is known for his award-winning films West Beirut (1998) and The Insult (2017), a film that was nominated at the 90th Academy Awards, representing Lebanon in the Best International Feature Film category.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1963 (63)
From
Lebanon
Works as
Editor, director and writer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 18% in 30 days

What are Ziad Doueiri's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
27%
Morality
23%
Bonds
21%
Society
17%
Power
7%
Survival
5%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Melancholic
3
Contemplative
3
Dread
1
Bittersweet
1
Other
1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ziad Doueiri's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Ziad Doueiri's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

18 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Trigger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Dark Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator

  • Inhuman Resources (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • The Insult(2017)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • The Attack(2012)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Sleeper Cell(2005)

    Show 18 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
  • Lila Says(2004)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • West Beirut(1998)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Jackie Brown(1997)

    First Assistant Camera

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Four Rooms(1995)

    First Assistant Camera

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Bleeding Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    First Assistant Camera

  • Pulp Fiction(1994)

    First Assistant Camera

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Reservoir Dogs(1992)

    First Assistant Camera

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • The Search for Haunted Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Key Grip

  • Routed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Assistant Camera

  • Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Assistant Camera

  • 976-EVIL(1988)

    Electrician

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • Frankenstein General Hospital (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Additional Grip

Career shape

A full career of 18 titles from 1988 to 2024.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing8 of 18: 3 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score86thWriting4 of 18: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleOther crew11 of 18: 10 only other crew, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score94th

18 titles, 5 with more than one role — other crew and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1980s5 · crew1990s6 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s2 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Ziad Doueiri's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 94th percentile, the median of all 9; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 10 titles divides audiences: 5 are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed1

Reviewers score the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 56, detractors 25. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ziad Doueiri's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Ziad Doueiri work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ziad Doueiri's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joelle Touma shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers