BIOGRAPHY

Born in Lebanon, Carlos Chahine left his homeland in 1975 because of the war. After graduating as a dental surgeon, a profession he would never practice, he discovered theater with Vera Gregh who encouraged him to pursue a career as an actor. He then joined the ENSAD of the National Theater of Strasbourg and has worked since then under the direction of prestigious directors such as Matthias Langhoff, Sylviu Purcarete, Alain Françon, Michel Vinaver, René Loyon, Philippe Adrien, Stuart Seide, Philippe Van Kessel, and many others.

It is thanks to cinema that he reconnected with his native land. Since 2008, he wrote, directed and performed, in Lebanon, what he calls his “family trilogy », three short films about his father, his mother and the child he was. The North Road , 25 minutes, Chekhov in Beirut, a documentary/essay, 50 minutes and The Gambler’s Son, 14 minutes. In the meanwhile, he directed theatre plays in Beirut, in new Arabic/Lebanese translations, The God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov, A Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies and Illusions by Ivan Viripaev.

In 2022, he directed Mother Valley, his first feature film, released in 2023.

He is currently preparing his second feature film, The American Quarter, which will be shot in the fall of 2025 in Tripoli, Lebanon.