Hisham Bizri

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hisham Bizri
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Feb 4, 1966(1966-02-04)
Age	58
Birthplace	Beirut
Country	Lebanon
Horoscope	Aquarius

Hisham Bizri Biography

Hisham Bizri is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on February 4, 1966 in Beirut, Lebanon. Bizri has a list of films he enjoys on his website.

Bizri has had his work shown at international venues such as Sundance and Cannes, Berlin, Oberhausen (multiple occasions), Moscow, Abu Dhabi, and the Louvre. He has received awards from the McKnight Foundation, LEF, Jerome and Rockefeller Foundations as well as fellowships from American Academy in Rome and the Guggenheim Foundation.

Hisham Bizri (Arabic: هيشام البزري ‎ is a film director, writer, producer, and scholar born in Beirut, Lebanon. Bizri started working in films in the US and Hungary with filmmakers Stan Brakhage, Raoul Ruiz, and Miklós Jancsó and has directed over 25 short films. His industry experience includes work as Producer at Future TV (Lebanon), Creative Director at Orbit Communications Company (Rome/Dubai/Beirut/Cairo), and President & Creative Director of Levantine Films (NYC). Bizri also has taught film for over two decades, most recently as Professor of Filmmaking and Screenwriting in the Literary Arts Department at Brown University. He previously taught at the University of Minnesota, MIT, UC Davis, NYU, Boston University, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), and in Lebanon, Korea, Japan, Ireland, and Jordan (where he also initiated a number of academic film programs). His students have gone on to study film at NYU, USC, AFI, UCLA, La Fémis (Paris) and FAMU (Prague). In 2015, moved by the Syrian refugee crisis, Bizri returned to Jordan to partner with Jordan’s Royal Film Commission in producing documentaries made by Arab filmmakers chronicling life in the Zaatari refugee camp and, in 2016, curating film programs for Syrian refugee children in Amman.

Early in his career, Bizri served as Producer at Future TV (Lebanon) and Creative Director of Orbit Communications Company (Rome/Dubai/Beirut/Cairo). He co-founded The Arab Institute of Film (Amman (Jordan) in 2005 with Omar Amiralay, a Syrian filmmaker, and Jakob Hogel (Denmark), with support from the Ford Foundation, International Media Support (Denmark), the Danish government, and the Danish government. He was elected President and Creative Director of Levantine Films in New York City in 2012.

Hisham Bizri Net Worth

Hisham Bizri is one of the richest Film Director from Lebanon. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hisham Bizri 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bizri, the youngest of seven children born to Lebanese parents was raised in Beirut during both the Lebanese Civil War (1962) and 1982 Israeli Siege (2002-2003). Bizri was often taken to the cinema by his mother as a way of escape. Bizri was introduced to classic Hollywood films by D.W. Griffith and John Ford, Howard Hawks and George Cukor; European films of Ingmar Berman, F. W. Murnau and Roberto Rossellini; as well as avant-garde works.

Bizri met his wife, an eminent philosopher, in 1986. They were married in 1993. They live in Providence, RI together with their daughter.

Bizri hails from a politically and financially prominent Levantine Arab clan—the El-Bizri—who ultimately trace their lineage to the Imam al-Husayn bin ‘Ali. The family has included public servants, politicians, and merchants since Ottoman times, with its political influence originally centered in Sidon and Damascus.

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Facts & Trivia

Hisham Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Lebanon. Hisham Bizri celebrates birthday on February 4 of every year.