Daizy Gedeon (born 1965) is an Australian-Lebanese journalist and filmmaker.

Biography

Gedeon was born in

Kousba Kousba ( ar, كوسبا) is a village in Koura District, in the Northern Governorate of Lebanon. The population are Greek Orthodox. History According to the elderly residents of this town, the name Kousba comes from the word "Hidden" because of ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

in 1965. Her family immigrated to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

when she was five years old. She began her writing career as a sports writer in 1987 and was the first female sports journalist on

The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...

newspaper and the first female football writer in Australia which led her to the

1988 Olympic Games 1988 Olympics refers to both: *The 1988 Winter Olympics, which were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada *The 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul ...

in Seoul. After several years of covering sports, Daizy started to cover foreign affairs, particularly those in the Middle East. She interviewed

Yasser Arafat Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...

at the 1990 Arab Summit in

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

and covered the Lebanon War as a correspondent for publications including

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Film career

In 1996, Gedeon released her first feature documentary film, '' Lebanon... Imprisoned Splendour'', starring

Omar Sharif Omar Sharif ( ar, عمر الشريف ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub , 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the ...

. The documentary qualified for the 1998 Academy Awards for Best Feature Documentary and won several international accolades including the Silver Screen Award at the US International Film and Video Festival and the Best of the Shorts at the

Boston Film Festival Boston Film Festival (BFF) is an annual film festival held in Boston in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It has been held annually since 1984, usually in early September. The Boston Film Festival premiered such notable films as '' The Last Kiss'' ...

.'''' In 2021, the filmmaker was presented with the Movie That Matters Award at a Better World Fund (BWF) gala event in

Cannes Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions I ...

for her documentary film '' Enough! Lebanon's Darkest Hour.''

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gedeon, Daizy Lebanese diaspora in Australia Lebanese film directors Lebanese film producers Australian film directors Australian journalists 1965 births Living people