Usama Alshaibi
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.
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Films (45)

Trip Ziggurat
2026 · Director, Cinematography

The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology
2023

Anxiety Art
2021 · Thanks

The Desire
2020 · Director

CINEMA-19
2020 · Director

Filmmakers Unite (FU)
2017 · Director

The Evil and the Good Fairy
2016 · Director, Editor, Original Music Composer

Baghdad, Iowa
2016 · Director, Writer

American Arab
2013 · Director

Profane
2011 · Director, Producer, Sound Designer, Cinematography, Editor

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

Qawliya Dance
2006 · Director

Eid Sacrifice
2006 · Director

Traumata
2005 · Director

Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime
2004 · Director

Hold My Scissors
2004 · Director

Convulsion Expulsion
2004 · Director, Producer

Self-Contained
2004 · Director

Portrait
2003 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor

Muhammad and Jane
2003 · Cinematography, Writer, Editor, Director, Executive Producer

The Amateurs
2003 · Writer, Director

Allahu Akbar
2003 · Director

Soak
2002 · Screenplay, Director, Editor, Director of Photography

Slaughtered Pigtails
2001 · Director

Ass
2001 · Director

Crying
2000 · Director

Muffin
2000 · Director

Death Jerk-Off 2000
2000 · Director

Dance Habibi Dance
1999 · Director, Producer
Soon
· Self, Director, Writer
Boy from War
· Director
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