Jean Daoud

Jean G. Daoud is a poet, playwright, professor and researcher in acting and stage production. He holds a degree in Cinema and Theatre Studies from University of Paris VIII, and is Professor of Drama and directing (Beaux-Arts II) and Department Head of Theatre at the Lebanese University (IBA II). He is an expert in "Creative Pedagogy" and Therapy through actor training. He is the founder of the Laboratoire de dramaturgie, d'actorat et de textes. He is the Secretary-general of "Beirut's Congress of Theater".

He founded the "Laboratory of dramaturgy, acting and texts" at the Lebanese University (Faculty of Literature since 1986, and later at the Fine Arts Institute since 1996) in which he trains actors using the method he created and named "Sufi Method" or "Total Method". The laboratory opens its doors occasionally to audience for an active and expérimentale interaction. He founded the Pedagogic Workshop that puts the actor training method he created at the service of a creative pedagogy. This workshop is a double workshop, one for kids Cet (1987–2001) and the other is a trainers training workshop for the teachers. He has led as well actor training workshops for professional actors, of which we suffice to name: a workshop with the FCC (French Cultural Center) in Beirut, a workshop in Sharja/UAE - May 2006.

He was the promoter of the Festival of Theatre and Spectacles in 1983 (The first professional theater festival in the Arab world). He has worked in the cadre of Festival of Scholarly Theatre with the organization Alef for three years.

Member of jury in:

• Festival de Quamar d'or – Lebanon (three consecutive years)
• Ayyam AlSharja al Masrahya » (Theatrical Days of Sharja) – Sharja, UAE, 2005
• International Festival of University Theatre, Sultan Kabus University, Oman, March 2007.
• National Festival of Professional Theater - Algeria, 2009.
• Chairman or President of an international Arabic literary festival.

• (Arabic) "Owais meets jury and the designation of President Jean-David". Anawen.net. March 18, 2013 (Translated into English via Google Translate)
• (Arabic) "D. Jean-David as president of the jury, "days". alkhaleej.ae. 2013 (Translated via Google Translate)