Edward Said
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Edward Wadie Said (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian and American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies. As a cultural critic, Said is best known for his book Orientalism (1978), a foundational text which critiques the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism—how the Western world perceives the Orient. His model of textual analysis transforme...
Known For
Filmography
Edward Said: Between Worlds
2026
as Self
Echoing Voices: From the Words of Edward W. Said
2025
as Self
The man who predicted the future of the Arabs
2019
as himself
Edward Said: Out of Place
2018
as Self
Ethos
2011
as Self
Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
2006
as Self
Knowledge Is the Beginning
2005
as Self
Edward Said: The Last Interview
2004
Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said
2004
Aida's Brothers & Sisters
2000
as Self
Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media
1998
On 'Orientalism'
1998
as Self
In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home
1998
as Edward Said
Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations”
1998
HARDtalk
1997
Edward Said: The Idea of Empire
1993
as Self - Host
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
1992
as Self - Presenter
Exiles: Edward Said
1988
as Self
Exiles
1988
as Self
Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie
1986
as Himself
The Shadow of the West
1983
as Narrator (voice)