Usama Alshaibi
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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.
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Filmmakers Unite (FU) (2017)
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Convulsion Expulsion (2004)
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Nice Bombs (2006)
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Muhammad and Jane (2003)
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Crying (2000)
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Organ Molly (2008)
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Soak (2002)
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American Arab (2013)
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Muffin (2000)
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Allahu Akbar (2003)
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The Amateurs (2003)
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Patient (2008)
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Portrait (2003)
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Spoiled (2008)
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Baghdad, Iowa (2016)
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Profane (2011)
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Gash (2008)
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The Desire (2020)
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Qawliya Dance (2006)
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Self-Contained (2004)
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Slaughtered Pigtails (2001)
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Eid Sacrifice (2006)
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Runaway (2008)
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Ass (2001)
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Trip Ziggurat (2026)
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The Evil and the Good Fairy (2016)
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My Second Painting (2008)
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Death Jerk-Off 2000 (2000)
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Traumata (2005)
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My Third Painting (2009)
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My Mother Paused By My Father (2009)
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Dance Habibi Dance (1999)
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Baba Boom Boom (2007)
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Looking at Clouds (2008)
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Boy from War (—)
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Dream of Samarra (2007)
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CINEMA-19 (2020)
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My Fourth Painting (2010)
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Signal Cross Over (2007)
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Solar Anus Cinema (2010)
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Soon (—)
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The Speech By the Sweet Young Beeper (1998)
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Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime (2004)
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Hold My Scissors (2004)
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