film-maker Rana Eid
Born in 1976 in Beirut, Rana Eid received her BA in Cinema in 1999 and her MA in Film Sound in 2002 both from Université Saint Joseph, IESAV.
In 2002, she traveled to Paris, France where she trained for a year in Sound Editing. Rana has been working as a sound editor since 2003, having gained the reputation of being one of the Lebanese film industry’s most acclaimed practitioners.
She has worked with some of the most acclaimed Arab directors and producers such as Ghassan Salhab, Vatche Boulghourjian, Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas, Ali Essafi, Philippe Aractangi, Joud Said among others.
In 2006 Rana opened db STUDIOS for audio post production. Rana currently lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon where she teaches sound for film at Université Saint Esprit de Kaslik (USEK).
Director’s Filmography:
2017: Panoptic, creative documentary
Sound Designer’s Selective Filmography:
2017: Crossing the Seventh Gate, Ali Essafi, feature documentary
2016: Tramontane, Vatche Boulghourjian, feature fiction
2015: 3000 Nights, Mai Masri, feature fiction
2014: Guardians of Time Lost, Diala Kashmar, feature documentary
2013: The Disquiet, Ali Cherri, short fiction
2013: Ladder to Damascus, Mohammad Malas, feature fiction
2012: The Lebanese Rocket Society, Khalil Joreige and Joana Hadjithomas, feature documentary
2011: It’s All in Lebanon, Wissam Charaf, feature documentary
2011: Sector Zero, Nadim Mishlawi, feature documentary
2010: Waiting for Abou Zeid, Ali Atassi, feature documentary
2010: The Mountain, Ghassan Salhab, feature fiction
2010: Stray Bullet, George Hachem, feature fiction
2009: 1958, Ghassan Salhab, feature documentary
2008: The North Road, Carlos Chahine, short fiction
2008: How Bitter My Sweet, Mohamed Soueid, feature documentary
2006: The Last Man, Ghassan Salhab, feature fiction