Faissal Sam Shaib | |
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| Born | |
| Education | University of Southern California,Master of Fine Arts Miami International University, Bachelor of Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film producer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Notable work | Arzé (2024) Wyrm (2019) |
Faissal Sam Shaib is a Lebanese-American screenwriter and producer, known for the feature film, Arzé , [1] Lebanon's submission to the 97th Academy Award. [2]
Faissal Sam Shaib was born in Beirut and moved to the U.S. when he was 17. [3]
A founding student member of USC School of Cinematic Arts Council for Diversity and Inclusion, Faissal Sam Shaib graduated with a master in fine arts in 2017. [4]
Faissal Sam Shaib produced the award-winning short film, "Wyrm" [5] and was production manager on the feature Wyrm . [6] He was also production manager on Disney+ A Spark Story and Netflix's Making a Murderer . [3] He was manager of physical production at Participant in films as Shirley and We Grown Now .
He is known for Arzé the Lebanese feature film that he co-wrote and produced with Louay Khraish. [7] [8] The script was an Official Finalist in the First Time Screenwriter Competition at the 2018 Amsterdam Film Festival Van Gogh Awards. [9] The film, which premiered at the 14th Beijing International Film Festival and had its North American premiere at Tribeca Festival, was a tribute to Lebanese women. [10] The film was Lebanon's submission to the 97th Academy Award. [11]
In 2019, he optioned Lolly Winston's Good Grief with Louay Khraish, and the script they wrote based on the novel was a finalists at the Austin Film Festival Script Competition. [12]
He is currently producing Uttera Singh's debut feature. [6]