Ghassan Salhab (Arabic; úóçàóÃÂÃÂè, born 4 May 1958) is a Lebanese screenwriter and film director born in Dakar, Senegal.àIn addition to making his own films, he collaborates on various scenarios and teaches film in Lebanon.
He has directed six feature films;àBeyrouth Fantôme, Terra Incognita,àThe Last Man,à1958,àThe Mountain andàThe Valley. His films have been selected in various international film festivals. He has finished the shooting of The River, in addition to numerous "essays" and different "video works" including "Posthumous," "Chinese Ink," "Son Image," and Le voyage Immobile," on which he collaborated with Lebanese documentary filmmaker Mohamed Soueid.
In 2016, he was a DAAD (Berlin) guest-resident. La Rochelle International Film Festival, JC Carthage and La Cinémathèque du Québec made a tribute to his work.àHe has also published different texts and articles in various magazines and a book, "fragments du Livre du naufrage".