Carol Mansour

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Personal information

Title: 
Film Director, Producer

Contact information (private)

Postbox: 
113-5203
Address: 
Hamra
City: 
Beirut
Country: 
Lebanon
Fax: 
961 1 354451
Mobile phone: 
961 3 420432
Personal email address: 
cmansour@fwdprod.com

Contact information (work)

Organization/Institution: 
Forward Film Production
Postbox: 
113-5203
Address: 
Ola Bldg., Hamra Str., 3rd floor
City: 
Beirut
Country: 
Lebanon
Landline: 
961 1 354451
Fax: 
961 1 354451
Mobile phone: 
961 3 420432
Work email address: 
cmansour@fwdprod.com
Work webpage: 
http://www.fwdprod.com/index.html

Education

Independent studies in Editing, Script writing, and Filming, 1991.
Bachelor degree, Sports Medicine-Psychology, 1984, Concordia University, Canada.

Areas of Expertise

Directing, Editing, and Producing Films
Script Writing
Languages: 
Arabic
French
English

Work history

Director and Producer, 2000 - present, Forward Film Production.

Editor, Director, Producer, 1992 - 1999, Future Television.

Productions

Publications highlights: 
  • Mansour, C. (Director). (2009). Voices from Yemen [Documentary]. Beirut: International Labor Organization.
  • Mansour, C. (Director). (2008). Maid in Lebanon 2: Voices from home [Documentary]. Beirut: International Labor Organization.
  • Mansour, C. (Director) (Producer). (2006). A summer not to forget [Documentary]. Beirut: Forward Film Production.
  • Mansour, C. (Director). (2005). Invisible children [Documentary]. Beirut: International Labor Organization.
  • Mansour, C. (Director). (2005). Maid in Lebanon [Documentary]. Beirut: Caritas.
  • Mansour, C. (Director) (Producer). (2001). 100% asphalt [Documentary].
Major achievements: 

Founder and owner of Forward Film Production.

Making documentaries about social problems such as domestic workers abuse and child labor in Egypt, Lebanon, and Yemen.

Awards and Distinctions

Jury’s Award for A summer not to forget (Sole Luna Film Festival – Palermo Italy), 2009.

Best short documentary award for A summer not to forget (Int’l Film Festival – New Zeeland), 2007.

Best short documentary for 100% asphalt – Down Under, Documentary Festival, 2001.

Jury’s Award for 100% asphalt (IMA – Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris), 2000.

Best documentary for 100% asphalt , Arab film festival, Rotterdam.