Tawfik Abu Wael

Tawfik ABU WAEL (1976, Um El-Fahem, Israel) graduated from Tel Aviv University where he studied film directing. From 1996 to 1999, he worked in the film archive of Tel Aviv University and taught drama at the Hassan Arafe School in Jaffa. Since 1997, he worked as free-lance production manager and director. Thirst is his first feature.

Filmography

Bread, Hashish and the Moon (1997, short), I leave, you stay (1998, short), Characters (1998, short), Intellectual Garbage (1999, short), Diary of a male whore (1999, short), Waiting for Sallah El-Din (2001, doc.), The Fourteenth (2002, short), Atash/Thirst (2004)