Michel Kammoun (born in Lebanon, 1969) graduated from the ESEC film school in Paris. He has written and directed many short films, including ?Cathodique' (1993), ?Shadows' (1995), ?The Shower' (1999), ?Clowning Around/The Vanishing Rabbits' (2003). ?Falafel' is his first feature film. His film ?Falafel' won the Silver Prize at the 2006 DIFF Muhr Arab Feature competition.