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]
Georges Schoucair | |
|---|---|
| Born | Georges Schoucair |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Years active | 1991–present |
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
editAs 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Georges Schoucair, France: Production, Financial Consulting / Investor". Torino Film Lab. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Georges Schoucair: Producer". MUBI. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Georges Schoucair". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 31, 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "Georges Schoucair: Abbout Productions". Film Independent. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Abbout Productions". Abbout Productions official website. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Georges Schoucair". variety. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Schortcut Films: A Watsch Films company". Schortcut Films official website. Retrieved 27 October 2020.