Actor, director and playwright Amer Hlehel is based in Haifa. He has written several plays, including Taha (Best Production- Asian arts aword- Edinburgh 2017), Lanterns of The King of Galilee, and The Player (with Firas Khateeb and Ala Hlehel), and recently Al-Carmel Owner. He has appeared in numerous productions, including as Caliban in Shakespeare’s The Tempest in David Farr’s production at the RSC, Stratford-on-Avon; as Abu Altayib in Goats (Royal Court Theatre, London); as Truffaldino in A Servant of Two Masters; and as The Soldier in Kafka’s In the Penal Colony (Young Vic).

Hlehel’s film work includes Palestinian films: Tel Aviv on Fire, Personal Affairs, The Idol, The Time that Remains, Amreeka, Man Without a Cell Phone and the Golden Globe award-winning Paradise Now. His work as a stage director includes What the Story is All About, Breaking News, Finding the Dream, Thanks and Altagreeba.