Usama Alshaibi

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.

Directed

1. Ass (2001) — Director
2. Profane (2011) — Director
3. Solar Anus Cinema (2010) — Director
4. The Amateurs (2003) — Director
5. Convulsion Expulsion (2004) — Director
6. Muhammad and Jane (2003) — Director
7. Nice Bombs (2006) — Director
8. Allahu Akbar (2003) — Director
9. Baba Boom Boom (2007) — Director
10. Slaughtered Pigtails (2001) — Director
11. Soak (2002) — Director
12. American Arab (2013) — Director
13. Traumata (2005) — Director
14. Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime (2004) — Director
15. Hold My Scissors (2004) — Director
16. The Speech By the Sweet Young Beeper (1998) — Director
17. Filmmakers Unite (FU) (2017) — Director
18. Dance Habibi Dance (1999) — Director
19. Dream of Samarra (2007) — Director
20. Baghdad, Iowa (2016) — Director
21. My Third Painting (2009) — Director
22. Looking at Clouds (2008) — Director
23. The Evil and the Good Fairy (2016) — Director
24. Crying (2000) — Director
25. My Mother Paused By My Father (2009) — Director
26. Boy from War — Director
27. My Fourth Painting (2010) — Director
28. My Second Painting (2008) — Director
29. Death Jerk-Off 2000 (2000) — Director
30. Eid Sacrifice (2006) — Director
31. Qawliya Dance (2006) — Director
32. Signal Cross Over (2007) — Director
33. Muffin (2000) — Director
34. Gash (2008) — Director
35. Organ Molly (2008) — Director
36. Patient (2008) — Director
37. Runaway (2008) — Director
38. Spoiled (2008) — Director
39. Self-Contained (2004) — Director
40. CINEMA-19 (2020) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Muhammad and Jane (2003)
2. The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology (2023)
3. Soon — Self