Georges Schoucair

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Georges Schoucair
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Georges Schoucair

Nationality Lebanese
OccupationFilm producer
Years active1991–present

Georges Schoucair is a prominent Lebanese film producer. [1] Considered as one of the most promising film producers in the Middle-East cinema, Schoucair has produced several critically acclaimed and award-winning independent movies. [2] [3] He has actively contributed to the development of cinema in Lebanon as well as African cinema. [4]

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He is the founder and CEO of his own production house, 'Abbout Productions' founded in 2003. [1] However, the company was originally established in 1998 by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. [5] Apart from that, he is also the founder of Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival in Beirut, regarded as the first genre movie film fest in the Arab world. [6]

Career

As a producer, he worked with award-winning directors including: Kaouther Ben Hania, Vatche Boulghourjian, Jean Luc Godard, Alain Gomis, Joana Hadjithomas, Annemarie Jacir, Khalil Joreige, Mohammad Malas, Lucrecia Martel, Shirin Neshat, Asli Ozge, Rafi Pitts, Bill Plympton, Ghassan Salhab, Elia Suleiman and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. [1] [4]

Apart from Abbout Productions, Schoucair co-founded indie film company 'MC Distribution'. Since 2008, he is also the vice-president of the only art house cinema in Beirut: 'Metropolis'. He is considered as founding figure in indie film company 'Schortcut Films' in 2016 [7] where he worked as the producer in many acclaimed films Félicité (2017), Wajib (2017), Rafiki (2018), Beauty & The Dogs (2018), It Must Be Heaven (2019) and A Son (2019). [4]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
2005A Perfect DayCo-producerFilm
2006The Last ManCo-producerTV movie
2008I Want to SeeProducerFilm
2008Melodrama HabibiDirectorFilm
20091958ProducerFilm
2010 Stray Bullet ProducerFilm
2010YanoosakCo-producerFilm
2010The MountainProducerFilm
2011Sector ZeroProducerFilm
2011Gate #5ProducerFilm
2012Impossible ExchangeProducerShort film
2012The Lebanese Rocket SocietyProducerDocumentary
2013 Ladder to Damascus ProducerFilm
2013Stable UnstableProducerFilm
2014The ValleyProducerFilm
2015TrêveProducerDocumentary
2015DégradéCo-producerFilm
2015Cemetery of SplendorAssociate producerFilm
2016ApeloProducerFilm
2016All of a SuddenCo-producerFilm
2016Letters from WarCo-producerFilm
2016Soy NeroCo-producerFilm
2016 Tramontane ProducerFilm
2016 Revengeance Co-producerFilm
2017Mr. Stein Goes OnlineCo-producerFilm
2017FélicitéCo-producerFilm
2017Nobody's WatchingCo-producerFilm
2017Beauty and the DogsCo-producerFilm
2017White NoiseProducerFilm
2017Salamat from GermanyProducerFilm
2017Hotel Al NaimProducerFilm
2017El Gran LibanoProducerFilm
2017WajibCo-producerFilm
2017ZamaCo-producerFilm
2017Looking for Oum KulthumCo-producerFilm
2017Un certain NasserProducerDocumentary
2017One of These DaysProducerFilm
2018RafikiCo-producerFilm
2018The Image BookAssociate producerFilm
2018Empire HotelCo-producerFilm
2019Yalda, a Night for ForgivenessCo-producerFilm
2019Initials SGProducerFilm
2019The Unknown SaintAssociate producerFilm
2019It Must Be HeavenCo-producerFilm
2019A SonDirectorFilm
2019All This VictoryProducerFilm
2019 1982 ProducerFilm
2021 Costa Brava, Lebanon ProducerFilm
TBDThe NotebooksProducerFilm

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