Gadalla Gubara

Gadalla Gubara
جاد الله جبارة
Born	July 1920 Omdurman, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Died	21 August 2008(2008-08-21) (aged 88)
Occupation(s)	Cameraman, film producer, filmmaker, photographer
Notable work	Tajouje
Children	8 including Sara Gadalla Gubara

Gadalla Gubara (Arabic: جاد الله جبارة, July 1920 – 21 August 2008) was a Sudanese cameraman, film producer, director and photographer. Over five decades, he produced more than 50 documentaries and three feature films. He was a pioneer of African cinema, having been a co-founder of both the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers FEPACI and the FESPACO Film festival (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso).^[1] His daughter, Sara Gubara, who is a graduate of Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema, Egypt, assisted him with his later film projects, after he had lost his eyesight. She is considered to be Sudan's first female film director.