Joe Balass
Encyclopedia
Joe Balass is an Iraqi Canadian
film maker.
Of Jewish heritage, Balass is most known for Nana, George and Me, which is an autobiographical video by a young, gay Iraqi Jewish filmmaker who takes a charmingly unconventional look at three Iraqi Jewish lives; that of the filmmaker, his 92-year-old Nana and his 73-year-old friend, George. It was aired at the Castro Theatre
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Joe escaped from Iraq
with his family at the ripe old age of four, and eventually settled in Canada
. He has previously worked as a freelance editor, photographer and producer.
He has directed a number of short films and videos including; Funhouse, Caroline, Tattoo Needle Pricks, and On A Very Violet Night in the Apartements Daphne, which won a Gold Apple at the NEFVF in Oakland.
Iraqi Canadian
Iraqi Canadians come from a country of great ethno-linguistic and religious diversity. An estimated 36,000 Iraqi expatriates reside in Canada. Several thousand Canadians are of Iraqi descent.-History:...
film maker.
Of Jewish heritage, Balass is most known for Nana, George and Me, which is an autobiographical video by a young, gay Iraqi Jewish filmmaker who takes a charmingly unconventional look at three Iraqi Jewish lives; that of the filmmaker, his 92-year-old Nana and his 73-year-old friend, George. It was aired at the Castro Theatre
Castro Theatre
The Castro Theatre is a popular San Francisco movie palace which became San Francisco Historic Landmark #100 in September 1976. Located at 429 Castro Street, in the Castro district, it was built in 1922 with a Spanish Colonial Baroque façade that pays homage—in its great arched central window...
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Joe escaped from Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
with his family at the ripe old age of four, and eventually settled in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He has previously worked as a freelance editor, photographer and producer.
He has directed a number of short films and videos including; Funhouse, Caroline, Tattoo Needle Pricks, and On A Very Violet Night in the Apartements Daphne, which won a Gold Apple at the NEFVF in Oakland.
Filmography
- 2007 - Baghdad Twist
- 2006 - Derniers mots/Parting Words
- 2002 - The Devil in the Holy Water
- 1998 - Nana, George and Me