Mr. Elie YAZBEK

Doctoral School of Human and Social Sciences
Lebanese School of Social Work
School of Translators and Interpreters of Beirut
Faculty of Humanities
Institute for Theater, Audiovisual and Cinematic Studies

Professor

(+961) 1 421 000 ext elie.yazbek@usj.edu.lb

Elie Yazbek is the director at the Doctoral school for human and social sciences (EDSHS) at Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon. He was director of the « Institute of theatrical, audiovisual and cinematographic studies» (IESAV) in the same university from 2011 till 2020. He is a professor and teaches multiple courses (directing, film theory…). He also directs seminars in Finland, France, Greece and is a guidance counselor at the Institut des métiers du cinéma (ISMA) in Benin, one the leading audiovisual institutes in Africa, where he teaches since 2011. He published essays, « Regards sur le cinéma libanais » and « Montage et idéologie dans le cinéma américain contemporain», edited several collective books, the last of them « Religion and Science Fiction » and « Creer apres la catastrophe », have several articles in Lebanese and international journals (Canada, France, Brazil, Spain, Finland…) and two plays (« Orage d’été » and « Les autres enfants de Dieu »). He is also a documentary filmmaker (“From Shade to light, The Pierre Abou Khater Story”, “Searching for Fouad Abi Abdallah”, “Silwan”. “Lebanese war never happened…).