Karim Debbagh (born January 25, 1972, in

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) is a Moroccan

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Life and work

In 1997 Debbagh went to

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to study

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at the

Film Academy Baden-Württemberg The Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (German: ''Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg'') was founded in 1991 as a publicly funded film school in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Filmakademie is one of the most internationally renowned film sc ...

. In 2002 he finished his studies, and received his

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. Afterward. Debbagh worked as

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and

unit production manager In the cinema of the United States, a unit production manager (UPM) is the Directors Guild of America–approved title for the top below-the-line staff position, responsible for the administration of a feature film or television production. Non- ...

in Germany. Debbagh returned to his hometown of Tangier in 2003. There he founded his

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''Kasbah-Films Tangier GmbH'', which has produced and coproduced various international films.

Personal life

Karim Debbagh was a friend of the American composer and author

Paul Bowles Paul Frederic Bowles (; December 30, 1910November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his ...

Filmography

AwardsIMDb.com: Karim Debbagh - Awards
In: IMDb.com. Retrieved 14 March 2022

*2012:

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- Nominated for the ''Muhr Arab Award'' in the category ''Best Film - Short'' for ''The Curse'' *2013: ''Tangier Mediterranean Short Film Festival'' - Festival Award in the category ''Best Film'' for ''AL Hadaf-La Cible''

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