{"id":106,"date":"2025-08-28T16:32:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:06:31","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"E-45\">Walid Taher, born in 1973 in Mosul in Iraq, is a scenarist, director and actor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">In 1996 he studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Duhok, Iraq. He also worked as a film lecturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">In the following years he has been working as an independent filmmaker, actor and director in Iraq, Turkey and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PAKO (2015)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pako_movie_poster_2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pako_movie_poster_2015.jpg 426w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pako_movie_poster_2015-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"25\" src=\"https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12009772_1057644810947513_4640009226240009586_n.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12009772_1057644810947513_4640009226240009586_n.webp 526w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12009772_1057644810947513_4640009226240009586_n-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12009772_1057644810947513_4640009226240009586_n-330x220.webp 330w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/12009772_1057644810947513_4640009226240009586_n-174x116.webp 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A SMILE (2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3564-725x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3564-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3564-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3564-768x1085.jpg 768w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3564-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_3564.jpg 1449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THE SHADOW OF PARADISE (IN PRODUCTION)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-19-8.31.56-PM-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-19-8.31.56-PM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-19-8.31.56-PM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-19-8.31.56-PM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-19-8.31.56-PM.png 1159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-19-8.27.53-PM-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-19-8.27.53-PM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-19-8.27.53-PM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-19-8.27.53-PM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/walidtaher.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-19-8.27.53-PM.png 1159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walid Taher, born in 1973 in Mosul in Iraq, is a scenarist, director and actor. 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