Usama Alshaibi

Explore Usama Alshaibi's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Directing

Usama Alshaibi is a director, writer and producer. He has spent his formative years living between the United States and the Middle East. His films have received grants from the Creative Capital Foundation, the Playboy Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and others. His work in both narrative and documentary film has screened all over the world. His documentary films have premiered on the Sundance Channel and PBS. Feature articles have been written about his work in such places as the Chicago Tribune, Time Out, Punk Planet and Variety. His latest documentary, American Arab, had a world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and has secured domestic and international distribution. Usama Alshaibi has directed 16 feature and short films. He and his creative partner Kristie Alshaibi run and operate Artvamp, which produces the majority of their films.

Filmography

• Trip Ziggurat (2026)
• The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology (2023)
• Anxiety Art (2021)
• The Desire (2020)
• CINEMA-19 (2020)
• Filmmakers Unite (FU) (2017)
• The Evil and the Good Fairy (2016)
• Baghdad, Iowa (2016)
• American Arab (2013)
• Profane (2011)
• Solar Anus Cinema (2010)
• My Fourth Painting (2010)
• My Third Painting (2009)
• My Mother Paused By My Father (2009)
• My Second Painting (2008)
• Gash (2008)
• Looking at Clouds (2008)
• Organ Molly (2008)
• Patient (2008)
• Runaway (2008)
• Spoiled (2008)
• Dream of Samarra (2007)
• Signal Cross Over (2007)
• Baba Boom Boom (2007)
• Nice Bombs (2006)
• Eid Sacrifice (2006)
• Qawliya Dance (2006)
• Traumata (2005)
• Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime (2004)
• Hold My Scissors (2004)
• Convulsion Expulsion (2004)
• Self-Contained (2004)
• Portrait (2003)
• Muhammad and Jane (2003)
• The Amateurs (2003)
• Allahu Akbar (2003)
• Soak (2002)
• Slaughtered Pigtails (2001)
• Ass (2001)
• Crying (2000)
• Death Jerk-Off 2000 (2000)
• Muffin (2000)
• Dance Habibi Dance (1999)
• The Speech By the Sweet Young Beeper (1998)
• Soon
• Boy from War