Usama Alshaibi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 20, 1969 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- Baghdad, Iraq
Biography
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
Boy from War
Movie · Director
Soon
Movie · Director
Trip Ziggurat
Movie · Director
CINEMA-19
Movie · Director
The Desire
Movie · Director
Filmmakers Unite (FU)
Movie · Director
The Evil and the Good Fairy
Movie · Director
Baghdad, Iowa
Movie · Director
American Arab
Movie · Director
Profane
Movie · Director
Solar Anus Cinema
Movie · Director
My Fourth Painting
Movie · Director
My Mother Paused By My Father
Movie · Director
My Third Painting
Movie · Director
Looking at Clouds
Movie · Director
My Second Painting
Movie · Director
Gash
Movie · Director
Organ Molly
Movie · Director
Patient
Movie · Director
Runaway
Movie · Director
Spoiled
Movie · Director
Dream of Samarra
Movie · Director
Signal Cross Over
Movie · Director
Baba Boom Boom
Movie · Director
Nice Bombs
Movie · Director
Qawliya Dance
Movie · Director
Eid Sacrifice
Movie · Director
Traumata
Movie · Director
Convulsion Expulsion
Movie · Director
Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime
Movie · Director
Hold My Scissors
Movie · Director
Self-Contained
Movie · Director
The Amateurs
Movie · Director
Muhammad and Jane
Movie · Director
Allahu Akbar
Movie · Director
Portrait
Movie · Director
Soak
Movie · Director
Slaughtered Pigtails
Movie · Director
Ass
Movie · Director
Crying
Movie · Director
Muffin
Movie · Director
Death Jerk-Off 2000
Movie · Director
Dance Habibi Dance
Movie · Director