Directing
Usama Alshaibi
EN, AR cinema · 45 credits
Born
20 November 1969 (age 56)
Birthplace
Baghdad, Iraq
Usama Alshaibi is a director, writer and producer. He has spent his formative years living between the United States and the Middle East. His films have received grants from the Creative Capital Foundation, the Playboy Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and others. His work in both narrative and documentary film has screened all over the world. His documentary films have premiered on the Sundance Channel and PBS. Feature articles have been written about his work in such places as the Chicago Tribune, Time Out, Punk Planet and Variety. His latest documentary, American Arab, had a world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and has secured domestic and international distribution. Usama Alshaibi has directed 16 feature and short films. He and his creative partner Kristie Alshaibi run and operate Artvamp, which produces the majority of their films.
Known for
Filmography
Soon
Soon
as Self, Director, Writer
Trip Ziggurat
Director, Cinematography
CINEMA-19
Director
The Desire
Director
The Evil and the Good Fairy
Editor, Director, Original Music Composer
Baghdad, Iowa
Director, Writer
American Arab
Director
Profane
Director, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer
Solar Anus Cinema
Director
Gash
Director
Organ Molly
Director
Patient
Director
Runaway
Director
Spoiled
Director
Baba Boom Boom
Director
Nice Bombs
Director
Eid Sacrifice
Director
Qawliya Dance
Director
Traumata
Director
Convulsion Expulsion
Director, Producer
Self-Contained
Director
Muhammad and Jane
Actor, Executive Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Director
The Amateurs
Writer, Director
Allahu Akbar
Director
Portrait
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Soak
Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Screenplay
Slaughtered Pigtails
Director
Ass
Director
Crying
Director
Muffin
Director
Dance Habibi Dance
Director, Producer