# Karim Debbagh

Karim Debbagh (born January 25, 1972, in Tangier) is a Moroccan film producer.

## Life and work

In 1997 Debbagh went to Germany to study Film Production at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. In 2002 he finished his studies, and received his diploma. Afterward. Debbagh worked as line producer and unit production manager in Germany. Debbagh returned to his hometown of Tangier in 2003. There he founded his production company Kasbah-Films Tangier GmbH, which has produced and coproduced various international films.

## Personal life

Karim Debbagh was a friend of the American composer and author Paul Bowles.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1993 | Am Strand von Merkela | Frieder Schlaich | Short |
| 1995 | Paul Bowles - Halbmond | Irene von Alberti [de] & Frieder Schlaich (2) | |
| 1997 | Gegenwelt Rauschgift | Peter Leippe | TV movie |
| 1998 | Inner City Blues | Marc Schölermann | Short |
| 2000 | Walpurgisnacht | Jonas Greulich | Short |
| 2000 | Tanger - Legende einer Stadt | Peter Goedel | Documentary |
| 2001 | Morakko und der beste Mensch der Welt | Sven Abel | |
| 2002 | Liveschaltung | Michael Dreher | Short |
| 2004 | Soundless | Mennan Yapo | |
| 2004 | SommerHundeSöhne | Cyril Tuschi | |
| 2004 | Rain Is Falling | Holger Ernst | Short |
| 2004 | Der Stich des Skorpion | Stephan Wagner | TV movie |
| 2005 | Herencia flamenca | Michael Meert | Documentary |
| 2006 | Klang der Ewigkeit | Bastian Clevé | |
| 2006 | Fair Trade | Michael Dreher (2) | Short |
| 2006 | Unter kaiserlicher Flagge | Jürgen Stumpfhaus | TV movie |
| 2006 | Durchbruch bei Suez | Axel Engstfeld | Documentary |
| 2006 | Paul Bowles' Moroccan Friends | Karim Debbagh & Frieder Schlaich (3) | Documentary |
| 2006 | Mädchengeschichten | Irene von Alberti (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2007 | Fata Morgana | Simon Groß | |
| 2007 | Chambr'a | Rachid Cheikh | Short |
| 2007 | Blut und Honig | Wolfgang Bergmann, Kai Christiansen & Irene Langemann | Documentary |
| 2007 | Die Juden - Geschichte eines Volkes | Sabine Klauser & Nina Koshofer | TV series (5 episodes) |
| 2008 | The Objective | Daniel Myrick | |
| 2008 | Kronos. Ende und Anfang | Olav F. Wehling | |
| 2008 | Tangerine [de] | Irene von Alberti (3) | |
| 2008 | The African Twintowers | Christoph Schlingensief | Documentary |
| 2009 | Die zwei Leben des Daniel Shore | Michael Dreher | |
| 2009 | Ceasefire [de] | Lancelot von Naso | |
| 2009 | The 8 | Several | |
| 2010 | Zohra: A Moroccan Fairy Tale | Barney Platts-Mills | |
| 2010 | The Taking of Prince Harry | Alexander Marengo | TV movie |
| 2010 | Die Frau des Schläfers | Edzard Onneken | TV movie |
| 2010 | Romanzo criminale – La serie | Stefano Sollima | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | Gesichter des Islam | | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | Black Brown White | Erwin Wagenhofer | |
| 2011 | Traitors | Sean Gullette | Short |
| 2011 | Coup de soleil | Karim Debbagh (2) | Short |
| 2011 | Das Mädchen auf dem Meeresgrund | Ben Verbong | TV movie |
| 2011 | Flirtcamp | Oliver Dommenget | TV movie |
| 2011 | Fischer fischt Frau | Lars Jessen | TV movie |
| 2012 | Say Goodbye to the Story (ATT 1/11) | Christoph Schlingensief (2) | Short |
| 2012 | The Curse | Fyzal Boulifa | Short |
| 2012 | AL Hadaf-La Cible | Munir Abbar | Short |
| 2012 | Willkommen im Krieg | Oliver Schmitz | TV movie |
| 2012 | The Kidnap Diaries | Norman Hull | TV movie |
| 2012 | Trigger Point | Matthias Hoene | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2013 | Exit Marrakech | Caroline Link | |
| 2013 | The Patrol | Tom Petch | |
| 2013 | Traitors | Sean Gullette (2) | |
| 2013 | Anashim Ketumim | Hanna Azoulay Hasfari | |
| 2013 | Open Desert | Robert Krause | |
| 2013 | Die verbotene Frau | Hansjörg Thurn | TV movie |
| 2013 | Afghanistan: A Murderous Decision [de] | Raymond Ley [de] | Documentary |
| 2014 | The Cut | Fatih Akin | |
| 2014 | Die Mamba | Ali Samadi Ahadi | |
| 2014 | Hercules Reborn | Nick Lyon | |
| 2014 | Three Stones for Jean Genet | Frieder Schlaich (4) | Documentary |
| 2014 | The Red Tent | Roger Young | TV mini-series |
| 2015 | Never Let Go | Howard J. Ford | |
| 2015 | Fatal News [de] | Kilian Riedhof | TV movie |
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King | Tom Tykwer | |
| 2016 | Army of One | Larry Charles | |
| 2017 | The Yellow Birds | Alexandre Moors | |
| 2017 | High Wire Act | Brad Anderson | |
| 2017 | Backstabbing for Beginners | Per Fly | |
| 2017 | The Nile Hilton Incident | Tarik Saleh | |
| 2017 | Blackline: The Beirut Contract | Christian Johnston | |
| 2018 | Untitled Arab Spring Project | Jason Wulfsohn | |
| 2022 | The Damned Don’t Cry | Fyzal Boulifa | |
| 2023 | Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes | Robert Schwentke | |

## Awards

Source:
* 2012: Dubai International Film Festival - Nominated for the Muhr Arab Award in the category Best Film - Short for The Curse
* 2013: Tangier Mediterranean Short Film Festival - Festival Award in the category Best Film for AL Hadaf-La Cible