Director
Usama Alshaibi
56 years · Baghdad, Iraq · 42 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 42
Trip Ziggurat
2026 · Director
The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology
2023 · Actor
On OVID
The Desire
2020 · Director
CINEMA-19
2020 · Director
Filmmakers Unite (FU)
2017 · Director
The Evil and the Good Fairy
2016 · Director, Editor
Baghdad, Iowa
2016 · Director, Writer
American Arab
2013 · Director
On OVID
Profane
2011 · Director, Producer
On FlixFling
Solar Anus Cinema
2010 · Director
My Fourth Painting
2010 · Director
My Third Painting
2009 · Director
My Mother Paused By My Father
2009 · Director
My Second Painting
2008 · Director
Gash
2008 · Director
Looking at Clouds
2008 · Director
Organ Molly
2008 · Director
Patient
2008 · Director
Runaway
2008 · Director
Spoiled
2008 · Director
Dream of Samarra
2007 · Director
Signal Cross Over
2007 · Director
Baba Boom Boom
2007 · Director
Nice Bombs
2006 · Director
On Fandor Amazon Channel