Usama Alshaibi

Known for DirectingBorn 1969-11-20 (age 56)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Nice Bombs

Muhammad and Jane

Baba Boom Boom

Ass

Profane

Allahu Akbar

Solar Anus Cinema

Convulsion Expulsion

The Amateurs

Slaughtered Pigtails

Trip Ziggurat

The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology

Anxiety Art

CINEMA-19

The Desire

Filmmakers Unite (FU)

The Evil and the Good Fairy

Baghdad, Iowa

American Arab

My Fourth Painting

My Third Painting

My Mother Paused By My Father

Looking at Clouds

My Second Painting

Gash

Organ Molly

Patient

Runaway

Spoiled

Dream of Samarra

Signal Cross Over

Qawliya Dance

Eid Sacrifice

Traumata

Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime

Hold My Scissors

Self-Contained

Portrait

Soak

Crying

Muffin

Death Jerk-Off 2000

Dance Habibi Dance

The Speech By the Sweet Young Beeper

Soon

Boy from War