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]
Faissal Sam Shaib was born in Beirut and moved to the U.S. when he was 17. [2]
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. [3]
Faissal Sam Shaib produced the award-winning short film, "Wyrm" [4] and was production manager on the feature Wyrm. [5] He was also production manager on Disney+ A Spark Story and Netflix's Making a Murderer. [2] 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. [6] [7] The script was an Official Finalist in the First Time Screenwriter Competition at the 2018 Amsterdam Film Festival Van Gogh Awards. [8] 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. [9]
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. [10]
He is currently producing Uttera Singh's debut feature. [5]