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Joe Balass (born 1966 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi Canadian film maker. Of Jewish heritage, Balass is most known for ''Nana, George and Me'', which is an autobiographical video by a young, gay Iraqi Jewish filmmaker who takes a charmingly unconventional look at three Iraqi Jewish lives; that of the filmmaker, his 92-year-old Nana and his 73-year-old friend, George. It was screened at the Castro Theatre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =Joe Balass Canadian Iraqi Jew )〕 Balass escaped from Iraq with his family at age four, and eventually settled in Canada. He has previously worked as a freelance editor, photographer and producer. He has directed a number of short films and videos including; ''Funhouse'', ''Caroline'', ''Tattoo Needle Pricks'', and ''On a Very Violet Night in the Apartements Daphne'', which won a Golden Apple Award at the New England Film & Video Festival (NEFVF]] in Oakland.〔(Mini Bio )〕 His 2008 film ''Baghdad Twist'' is a National Film Board of Canada documentary about the disappearance of Iraq's Jewish community though his own family's history. The filmmaker's mother recounts their family's experiences, and the film is illustrated with Balass family home movies and photos. In 2013, he directed the documentary ''La longueur de l'alphabet avec Naïm Kattan'' about the Canadian writer of Iraqi Jewish origin Naïm Kattan. ==Filmography== *1998 - ''Nana, George and Me'' *2002 - ''The Devil in the Holy Water'' *2006 - ''Derniers mots/Parting Words'' *2007 - ''Baghdad Twist'' *2013 - ''La longueur de l'alphabet avec Naïm Kattan'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Balass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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