Draft:Murad Abu Eisheh

Murad Abu Eisheh (مراد أبو عيشة; * 1992 in Amman) is a Jordanian Film Director and Script Author.

Life
Murad Abu Eisheh studied communications design at the German-Jordanian University in Amman. Abu Eisheh completed his Bachelor degree in 2014.

After graduating, Abu Eisheh directed a series of short films as well as various commercials for the Jordanian armed forces in 2015 and 2016. In 2016, he moved to Germany, where he continued his directing studies at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg.

Also in 2019, Abu Eisheh directed the documentary Spirit of the Ball, in which he accompanies a football-mad group in a minibus on a four-month journey from London to the 2018 World Cup in Moscow. The work was invited to DOK.fest München 2019.

His breakthrough as a filmmaker came in 2021 with the short feature film Tala’vision. The drama about a football-loving young girl in the Syrian civil war won Abu Eisheh the jury and audience award for Best Medium-Length Feature Film at the 42nd Max Ophüls Film Festival.

Abu Eisheh was also awarded Gold at the 2021 Student Academy Awards for Tala'vision. The following year, the film made the Oscar shortlist in the Best Live Action Short Film category, while Abu Eisheh was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Filmography (selection)

 * 2016: Where is Al Rabee? (short film) 2019: The Spirit of the Ball (documentary film) 2019: Tahariri (short film)  2021: Tala'vision (short film)  2022: A Calling . From the Desert . To the Sea (short film)

Awards (selection)

 * Student Academy Awards 2021: „Best Narrative“ – Gold

Weblinks

 * Official website (english)