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Trivia: Jassim Al Oboudi - Director
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He appeared as an actor in the films The Painting (1977) and Pendulum (1979), directed by his student Carlo Hartyon, as well as the series Al Dawasir (1975).
His final work was the play All My Children by Arthur Miller, presented by the National Acting Troupe in 1978, which gained success a quarter of a century after he directed it for the first time. He won the title of Best Director for the 1977-1978 season, in addition to a certificate of appreciation from the National Acting Troupe.
On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Indian poet Tagore, he directed the play The Sacrifice in 1961 on the stage of the Institute of Fine Arts, as well as Othello by William Shakespeare on the stage of the Institute of Fine Arts, 1962. Following the success of Othello, he directed many plays, such as The Miser, written by Molière, Christian Cultural Club, 1962, as well as In the Combat Zone, written by Eugene O’Neill, Baghdad College on People's Hall Theater, 1962.
He held many academic and administrative positions, such as teacher of directing and acting at the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad, 1968 - 1980, teacher of acting and children's theater at the Baghdad Experimental Institute, 1969 - 1970, and head of the Directing Department at the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad, 1972 - 1978.
He directed two plays for the Christian Cultural Club at the Saint Joseph Center: Between Day and Night, and I Want to Kill, written by Tawfik El Hakim, 1961.
He wrote a number of plays early in his career, including: The Three Musketeers, A Lost Life, and Mother Earth. He also directed more than a hundred productions, and the following is some of his recorded works based on the plays he directed before leaving Iraq in 1948: Tariq bin Ziyad (1943), Dar Al-Mualimin Al-Alia, as well as The Year of the Elephant (1944), written by Dr. Abdul Jabbar Al Muttalabi, Dar Al-Mualimin Al-Alia.
The final stage of his career began after 1968, after his return to the Academy of Fine Arts and his continued participation in the administrative committee of the Cinema and Theater Foundation. He directed many plays, such as The Road (1969), written by Nasr Al Din Fouad, Academy of Fine Arts at the Al-Khaled Hall Theater, as well as The Just (1969), written by Albert Camus, National Acting Troupe at the National Theater.
He directed a number of plays at the Goodman Memorial Theater of the Art Institute of Chicago, such as The Marriage Proposal (1949), as well as The Bear (1949), both written by Antoine Chekhov.
After his return from the United States, he directed plays such as, The Truth Is Dead (1955), written by Emmanuel Roblès, Institute of Fine Arts. At Baghdad College, he directed theatrical works in Arabic and English that were presented at the King Faisal Hall Theater, such as The Bishop's Candlesticks (1956), written by Norman McKinnel, The Shared Room (1956), written by John Maddison Morton, and Spreading the News (1956), written by Lady Gregory. He also directed plays for the Free Theater Troupe, such as The Price of Freedom (1959), written by Emmanuel Roblès, as well as Dead Without Graves (1960), written by Jean-Paul Sartre, on the stage of the People's Hall.
