Koutaiba Al Janabi

Koutaiba Al Janabi is a Britain-based Iraqi filmmaker, director and photographer born in Baghdad, who documented Wasteland: Between London and Baghdad.

Koutaiba attended the Academy of Drama and Cinema in Budapest, Hungary. He stayed in Hungary after film school for over seven years, working in film and television for various broadcasters and production companies before making his move to London.

Filmography
This is a partial list of productions:
 * The Winter of Love (was A Quiet Desperation) (2011) Dir. Photography.
 * Leaving Baghdad (2010). Director.
 * Wasteland: Between London and Baghdad. (1998)
 * Emotional Backgammon (2003). UK. Cinematographer.
 * An English Sheikh and a Yemeni Gentleman Yemen (2000)
 * Jiyan (2002) Cinematographer.
 * A Quiet Desperation Feature, 35mm
 * Still Life (16mm)
 * The Train (16mm, black and white)
 * Suck (35mm)
 * If You Go Down to the Woods (16mm)
 * Randall's Flat (Feature, Digi Beta)
 * Making Mistakes (Digi Beta)
 * Reunion (Documentary, shot in Hungary)
 * No Man's Land (16mm, Hungary)
 * Short Stories (Documentary, Kurdistan)
 * Dead Men Talking (Documentary, for US cinema release)


 * Awards:
 * Best Cinematography Award of the XVII Hungarian Festival of Commercials
 * Best Cinematography Award of the Independent Arabic Film Festival in 1999