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Makram J. Khoury

Date of birth: 1945-05-30

Place of birth: Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Makram Khoury

Makram J. Khoury

Biography

Makram J. Khoury  is an Israeli Arab, born May 30, 1945 in Jerusalem. He was the youngest artist and the first Arab to win the Israel Prize, the highest civic honor in Israel. He is one of the most accomplished and well-known Israeli Arab actors.

Movie Credits

Cairo Conspiracy
3.4

Cairo Conspiracy

2022-10-26

A fisherman's son is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, th

The Syrian Bride
3.3

The Syrian Bride

2004-11-11

In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze

Free Zone
2.7

Free Zone

2005-06-18

Rebecca, an American who has been living in Jerusalem for a few months now, has just broken off her

The Body
2.8

The Body

2001-04-13

An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist

A House in Jerusalem
2.9

A House in Jerusalem

2023-07-13

Mourning her mother’s death and struggling to adjust to her new life in Israel, a young girl bonds w

Shred of Hope
5

Shred of Hope

2007-07-05

Shred of Hope (2007) It is winter, Julian is heading to work, as always. On his face signs of troub

Big Shots
3

Big Shots

1982-08-29

Four men whose combined intellect does not reach into the triple digits decide to steal a safe full

Inheritance
2.4

Inheritance

2012-12-12

A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their

Complicit
2.7

Complicit

2013-02-16

An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral

Nicht ganz Koscher
3.9

Nicht ganz Koscher

2022-06-28

Three religions. Two men. One mission. Ben has gone off into the desert. In order to escape the matc

Sweets
2.6

Sweets

2013-09-23

Salah, an Israeli-Arab enterpriser, strives to bring happiness for the children of the Arab sector i

Desert Dancer
3.5

Desert Dancer

2014-07-03

Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to b

The Milky Way
0

The Milky Way

1997-01-01

1964, a village in Galilee. The Mukhtar collaborates with Israeli military rule. Someone is forging

Canticle of Stones
2.6

Canticle of Stones

1990-01-02

Two Palestinian lovers, parted during the 60s when he is imprisoned for resisting the Israeli occupa

Magic Men
2.1

Magic Men

2014-03-27

An elderly Israeli Jew of Greek origins was sent to Greece to represent his town in a town twinning

Tale of the Three Jewels
3.8

Tale of the Three Jewels

1995-01-02

A Palestinian boy becomes entranced with a beautiful Romani girl and a fairy tale world she weaves a

The Taste of Apples Is Red
2.9

The Taste of Apples Is Red

2022-09-08

In the Druze mountain villages between Syria and Israel, Kamel, a respected sheik, must make an impo

Atlit
2.5

Atlit

2015-01-21

In October 1995 three French sisters gather in Atlit, Israel to sell the family home. Tensions arise

Michel Ezra Safra and Sons
0

Michel Ezra Safra and Sons

1983-01-02

Directed by Nissim Dayan.

A Tale of Love and Darkness
2.9

A Tale of Love and Darkness

2015-09-03

The story of young Amos Oz, growing up in Jerusalem in the years before Israeli statehood with his p

Wounded Land
4

Wounded Land

2015-10-22

Police officer Kobi Amar and his Region Commander Yehuda Neumann have been partners at the Haifa pol

The Physician
3.7

The Physician

2013-12-25

England, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, swears to become a physician and van

Farewell Baghdad
4

Farewell Baghdad

2014-04-10

Between the years 1950-51 close to 130 thousand Jews left Iraq. The most ancient community in the wo

Munich
3.6

Munich

2005-12-23

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a

Djihad!
3

Djihad!

2006-12-01

A hard-hitting French drama detailing the intersecting destinies of five characters whose lives cros

The City
0

The City

2015-05-19

Danish-Arabian Yusif arrives in the mythical Middle Eastern city of Medina with his pregnant wife Sa

Carmel
3.5

Carmel

2009-07-12

Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitaï offers a look impressionist long history of armed conflict in their na

Abulele
3.3

Abulele

2015-10-14

Adam (10) meets Abulele, an ancient, huge, friendly and invisible monster. When a government Special

Unlocked
3.1

Unlocked

2017-04-27

After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA age

Wedding in Galilee
3

Wedding in Galilee

1987-12-01

A Palestinian seeks Israeli permission to waive curfew to give his son a fine wedding. The military

Lemon Tree
3.5

Lemon Tree

2008-02-08

Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territ

A Tale of Love and Darkness
2.9

A Tale of Love and Darkness

2015-09-03

The story of young Amos Oz, growing up in Jerusalem in the years before Israeli statehood with his p

Italians
2.8

Italians

2009-01-23

Two stories of Italians abroad: in Dubai, a truck driver who smuggles Ferraris for a living teaches

The Smile of the Lamb
2.4

The Smile of the Lamb

1986-09-01

This Israeli-made film is set along the battle-torn West Bank. Military governor Makram Khouri tries

Spider in the Web
2.5

Spider in the Web

2019-04-20

A young operative is sent on a mission to follow an older agent who's behavior has come into questio

Write Down, I Am an Arab
0

Write Down, I Am an Arab

2014-04-27

"Write Down, I am an Arab" tells the story of Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinian national poet and one

RSC Live: The Merchant of Venice
0

RSC Live: The Merchant of Venice

2015-06-18

In the melting pot of Venice, trade is God. With its ships plying the globe, the city opens its arms

The Cut
3

The Cut

2014-10-16

In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and

Voice Over
3.6

Voice Over

2018-01-01

Fifty years after Slow Down by Avraham Heffner won a prize at Venice Film Festival, top alumni of th

The Patriots
3.3

The Patriots

1994-05-18

Ariel, a young French Jew, decides to leave his family to go to Israel and secretly become an agent

A Letter to a Friend in Gaza
2

A Letter to a Friend in Gaza

2018-09-03

Gitai pays homage to Albert Camus and explores the return to Palestinian villages while interjecting

Miral
2.8

Miral

2010-09-15

A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli wa

Double Edge
1.5

Double Edge

1992-09-30

Upon arriving Israel on her first foreign assignment, American photojournalist Faye Milano is greete

Kasach
3

Kasach

1984-01-01

Crossover! All the stars of the 80s Israelian Mizrahi Music were brought. He is a rising star at th

Laila in Haifa
2.4

Laila in Haifa

2021-09-01

The film was shot entirely in a nightclub, with an adjoining contemporary art gallery, whose custome

The Tower
3.5

The Tower

2018-11-30

Eleven-year-old Wardi’s great-grandfather leaves behind a will suggesting looking to the past to fin

Forgiveness
2.2

Forgiveness

2006-08-08

On April 9, 1948, a Jewish militia entered the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin and killed over 10

The Way of the Wind
0

The Way of the Wind

A dramatization of several episodes in the life of Christ.

Crossfire
0

Crossfire

1989-01-01

A film based on true events, set against the backdrop of 1947-8 in Tel Aviv in the Jewish quarter.

On a Narrow Bridge
0

On a Narrow Bridge

1985-01-02

The story of an impossible love in the Occupied Territories between an Israeli officer and a Palesti

The Master and Margarita
3.4

The Master and Margarita

2024-01-25

A writer in 1930s Moscow has his work banned and is expelled from the official union, leaving him wi