Usama Alshaibi

Usama Alshaibi is a Visiting Assistant Professor and internationally recognized filmmaker whose work bridges documentary, experimental cinema, and Arab-American cultural narratives. His films have screened at underground and international festivals, including theatrical releases and global broadcasts on PBS, CBC, and NHK.

• Nice Bombs (2004) - First feature documentary filmed in post-invasion Iraq
• American Arab (2011) - PBS World Channel broadcast, IDFA premiere
• Profane (2007) - Award-winning underground feature film

His transgressive artistic approach has earned critical acclaim from The New York Times and Variety, with films featured in Jack Sargent's Flesh and Excess and Studs Terkel's Hope Dies Last. Creative funding has been secured from MacArthur Foundation and Creative Capital Foundation.

• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant
• Arab Fund for Arts and Culture support
• Playboy Foundation grant
• Creative Capital Foundation for the Arts award