Georges Schoucair

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Georges Schoucair
Born
Georges Schoucair

Lebanon
NationalityLebanese
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]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Year Film Role Genre Ref.
2005 A Perfect Day Co-producer Film
2006 The Last Man Co-producer TV movie
2008 I Want to See Producer Film
2008 Melodrama Habibi Director Film
2009 1958 Producer Film
2010 Stray Bullet Producer Film
2010 Yanoosak Co-producer Film
2010 The Mountain Producer Film
2011 Sector Zero Producer Film
2011 Gate #5 Producer Film
2012 Impossible Exchange Producer Short film
2012 The Lebanese Rocket Society Producer Documentary
2013 Ladder to Damascus Producer Film
2013 Stable Unstable Producer Film
2014 The Valley Producer Film
2015 Trêve Producer Documentary
2015 Dégradé Co-producer Film
2015 Cemetery of Splendor Associate producer Film
2016 Apelo Producer Film
2016 All of a Sudden Co-producer Film
2016 Letters from War Co-producer Film
2016 Soy Nero Co-producer Film
2016 Tramontane Producer Film
2016 Revengeance Co-producer Film
2017 Mr. Stein Goes Online Co-producer Film
2017 Félicité Co-producer Film
2017 Nobody's Watching Co-producer Film
2017 Beauty and the Dogs Co-producer Film
2017 White Noise Producer Film
2017 Salamat from Germany Producer Film
2017 Hotel Al Naim Producer Film
2017 El Gran Libano Producer Film
2017 Wajib Co-producer Film
2017 Zama Co-producer Film
2017 Looking for Oum Kulthum Co-producer Film
2017 Un certain Nasser Producer Documentary
2017 One of These Days Producer Film
2018 Rafiki Co-producer Film
2018 The Image Book Associate producer Film
2018 Empire Hotel Co-producer Film
2019 Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness Co-producer Film
2019 Initials SG Producer Film
2019 The Unknown Saint Associate producer Film
2019 It Must Be Heaven Co-producer Film
2019 A Son Director Film
2019 All This Victory Producer Film
2019 1982 Producer Film
2021 Costa Brava, Lebanon Producer Film
TBD The Notebooks Producer Film

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Georges Schoucair, France: Production, Financial Consulting / Investor". Torino Film Lab. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Georges Schoucair: Producer". MUBI. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Georges Schoucair". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 31, 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Georges Schoucair: Abbout Productions". Film Independent. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Abbout Productions". Abbout Productions official website. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Georges Schoucair". variety. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Schortcut Films: A Watsch Films company". Schortcut Films official website. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

External links[edit]

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