Hatem Ali
Biography
Hatem Ali (حاتم علي) was a Syrian actor and director. He studied philosophy and then acting at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, from which he graduated in 1986. He worked as an actor in many series, then turned to directing in the mid-nineties. Before that, he wrote the script for the film بهمو آخر الليل and then directed it. The film won the gold at the Cairo Radio and Television Festival. He presented many immortal series as a director, including (فارس في المدينة، مرايا 98، مرايا 99، الفصول الأربعة، الزير سالم، صلاح الدين الأيوبي، التغريبة الفلسطينية), and he also presented three films for the cinema: (العشاق، سيلينا، الليل الطويل). He founded an artistic production company called (صورة), through which he presented a number of television works.
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Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The story of a family consisting of a father who is about to retire, his wife who works as a seamstress, and their four children who are in various grades of school, shedding light on the challenges that each of them faces.
Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes • as سميح - ضيف الحلقات
The series examines the change in the composition of the Syrian family, through the life of a number of Damascene families that are connected by a number of intertwining relationships, as love blossoms between the lawyer Riyad El Emary and the interior designer Riad El Merady.
Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as رشدي
The first comprehensive dramatic telling of the Palestinian Nakba, seen through the eyes of a poor rural family from the 1930s British Mandate era through the massacres of 1948 and the defeat of 1967. Written by Palestinian poet Walid Seif — based on his own family history — and directed by the late Syrian master Hatem Ali, this is widely considered one of the greatest Arab television dramas ever produced. A monumental work of collective memory, historical witness and human endurance.
Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
A historical comedy series produced in 1993 that talks about one of the famous Arab jokers, Abu Dalama, and tells a number of stories and jokes that took place during the era of
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
'And So It Happened' is a series that deals with the different problems women have been facing in Egypt, especially in the Southern parts, between the years 1918 and 2018, showing the difference in ideas and traditions.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
State security officer, Gamal Al-Jabali (Amir Karara) becomes a hired terrorist for an official entity who aims to keep the country in turmoil to stay in power. He falls in love with Tuline (Songul Odin) who suffers from her cruel husband Al-Mahdy(Hatem Ali), the leader of a mafia gang.
Drama Series - 1998, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Issam
After the bombing of his father's chocolate factory, a young Syrian refugee struggles to settle into his new Canadian small-town life, caught between following his dream and preserving his family's chocolate-making legacy. Based on the incredible true story.
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Al-Arrab 2: Taht Al-Hizam draws inspiration from The Godfather 2, delivering a gripping Arabic crime drama layered with power, betrayal, and family conflict. As Mukhtar Al-Mukhtar's empire faces new threats and old enemies resurface, the battles grow darker and more personal. With compelling performances and a captivating storyline, the series has captivated millions, cementing its place as one of the most beloved Arabic dramas of its kind.
Drama Series - 2024, 16 episodes • as شهاب
This series tells the story of the sheikh of an Arab tribe named Ibn al-Wahaj, who is one of the noblest and most honorable Arabs, and has three sons called al-Bashiq and Osama and the youngest Aqab. There was in the tribe of Ibn al-Wahhaj there is a man who hated him and his sons, so he submitted to the sage of the tribe and the author of the narrations in it (Ibn al-Rumiyya), and he asked him to test the ability of the sons of Ibn al-Wahhaj to live outside their father's tribe, so the idea entered his head and he decided to send his three sons to unknown destinations, and said to them: I want you to be the raptors that live in a land that is not its land. So they set off, and Osama went to the north, Al-Bashiq to the south, and Aqab went to the east
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Four political activists friends are arrested by the repressive regime in Syria in the 1970s and spend twenty years in detention, three of them are released, and the fourth remains. The three friends are shocked by the huge changes they found in society, while showing the hardships their fourth comrade faces in prison.