Mano Khalil (born Syria) studied fiction film direction in the former Czechoslovakia, where he worked for the television networks. In 1996, he moved to Switzerland where he worked as a film director and producer and in 2012, he founded his own production company, Frame Film.

Born in 1964 in Kamishly, Kurdistan-Syria. Swiss citizenship. 1981-86 Studies History and Law at Damascus University. 1987-94 Studies directing at the Film Academy in Bratislava. Until 1995 freelances for Czechoslovakian and Slowakian television. Since 1996 lives in Switzerland. Works as director and producer. 2012 Founds the production company Frame Film in Bern.

Filmography
1988 Oh World (short film)
1989 My Pain, My Hope (short film)
1990 Embassy (short film)
1991 Oh Father (short film)
1992 My God (short film)
1993 The Place Where God Sleeps (documentary)
1995 Kinoeye (documentary)
1998 Triumph Of Iron (documentary)
2003 Bunte Träume (fiction)
2005 Al-Anfal - "im Namen von Allah, Baath und Saddam" (documentary)
2006 David der Tolhildan (documentary)
2010 Unser Garten Eden - Geschichten aus dem Schrebergarten (documentary)
2013 Der Imker (documentary)

Source:
http://gulffilmfest.com/en/films/cast/id/95427
www.swissfilms.ch/en/now_playing_preview/coming_soon/-/id_person/5350