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Syrian-Canadian filmmaker working across genres to explore what it means to be a human being.
Syrian-Canadian filmmaker Amar Chebib began making videos while growing up skateboarding in the Middle East. He has since made award-winning short films, commercials, and a feature documentary about three Syrian musicians turned refugees. His most recent work, JOE BUFFALO, is a short hybrid doc executive produced by Tony Hawk and distributed by The New Yorker. It screened at Tribeca, won the Audience Award at SXSW, made the DOC NYC Shortlist, and was nominated for an IDA Award. Amar has directed work for notable brands such as Square, Airbnb, Beats by Dre, Zendesk, Casper, and Bank of America. He resides in Vancouver and works globally.