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He was researcher in film theory and montage.

Al-Zubaidi has organized several cinematic courses in scenario, directing, and editing in Tunis and at the Radio and TV Training Center, Union of Arab Broadcasters in Damascus, Al-Manar TV Training Center in Beirut, Goethe Institute in Damascus, and The Royal Jordanian Commission in Amman.

He directed a number of documentary and narrative films about Palestine, some of which won Arab and international awards.

After his graduation from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Germany he proceeded to work at the DIVA Studio for Documentary Films and at the Higher Institute of Cinema in Germany in montage, photography and directing.

In 1995, critic Mohsen Wafi published a book titled "A Lover from Palestine" about al-Zubaidi and his films.

Qais Al-Zubaidi was an Iraqi director who graduated from the Higher Film Institute in Babelsberg, Germany, where he obtained a diploma in editing, and a diploma in photography. Then he proceeded to work as a director, cameraman, and scenario writer.

Al-Zubaidi directed a set of documentaries at the General Cinema Foundation in Damascus and in the Department of Culture and Information in Lebanon and in Germany.

He founded the "Palestinian National Film Archive" in cooperation with the Federal Archives in Berlin, Germany.

Syrian director Muhammad Malas published in 2019 a biography titled "Qais Al-Zubaidi Life as Scraps on the Wall".

He also directed some experimental films, including "The Visit" in 1970 and "Al-Yazerli" in 1974, which suffered censorship wherever it was screened.