François Abou Salem was born on 2 October 1951 in Provins, Seine-et-Marne, France. He was an actor and production designer, known for Les Rita Mitsouko: Marcia Baïla (1984), Miral (2010) and Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1997). He died on 1 October 2011 in Ramallah, West Bank.