# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahmoud-sabbagh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:15:42.350Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahmoud-sabbagh"
name: "Mahmoud Sabbagh"
slug: "mahmoud-sabbagh"
description: "Mahmoud Sabbagh, or Mah Sabbagh is a Saudi film director, producer, and screenwriter. Sabbagh has been a major pioneer of independent cinema in Saudi Arabia since 2013. His debut feature, titled Barakah Meets Barakah, premiered at Berlin Film Festival in 2016; becoming the first feature film from Saudi Arabia to screen in the festival. His debut film was also selected as the entry of Saudi Arabia for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards."
tagline: "Saudi Arabian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mahmoud_Sabbagh_Talk_Talents_to_watch!_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1983-03-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.77
  momentum:             2.25
  historical:           7.673362666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7900893/"
    handle:    "nm7900893"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "محمود صباغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%BA"
    title: "محمود صباغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মুহাম্মাদ সাব্বাহ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Sabbagh"
    title: "Mahmoud Sabbagh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Sabbagh"
    title: "Mahmoud Sabbagh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Sabbagh"
    title: "Mahmoud Sabbagh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Sabbagh"
    title: "Mahmoud Sabbagh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16944494"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1580451"
    title: "Mahmoud Sabbagh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump