Amin Dora (, born 1980 in Zahle, Lebanon) is a film director, visual artist and professor at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts. In 2010, he directed the first Arabic web drama series, Shankaboot, winner of the Digital Emmy Award.
Career Dora's film career began with his stop motion animated short film Greyscale, which won the audience award at the Zinebi - Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival. In 2011, he won a Digital Emmy Award for Shankaboot, the world's first Arabic web series. Composed of 5-minute episodes, the series explores ways of portraying real life in Beirut through the eyes of 15-year-old delivery boy. His next project, Undocumented: Bidune Kaid, is an interactive drama specifically designed for social media and internet viewing. In the course of the episodes, that last from two to five minutes each, the viewer is allowed to choose the storyline. Created by Syrian artist Rafi Wahbi, the story follows three Syrian separate characters in their journey of self discovery amidst civil war.
Ghadi, Dora's debut feature film, premiered in 2013 at the Busan International Film Festival and received the prestigious KNN Audience Award. Following its release, the film was selected as the Lebanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. In 2014, the film is recipient of the Murex d'Or for Best Lebanese Film and won the audience award at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg in Germany.
In 2021, Dora is the director of Shahid series Hell’s Gate, the world's first Arabic sci-fi action drama, set in Beirut in the year 2052.
Filmography YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes2003Greyscale short film2010Shankaboot web series 2013Ghadi feature film 2017Undocumented: Bidune Kaid web series 2021Hell's Gate web series
Awards and nominations Year Organization Award Work Result Ref. 2003 Festival Unimovie Special Jury PrizeGreyscale 2003 Zinebi - Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival Cine Club Jury Prize 2010 Geneva International Film Festival Best web seriesShankaboot 2011 International Emmy Awards Best Digital fiction show 2014 Los Angeles Web Series Festival Outstanding Director 2014 Murex d'Or Best Lebanese FilmGhadi 2014 International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg Audience Award 2014 Arabian Sights Film Festival Audience Award 2014 Busan International Film Festival KNN Audience Choice Award 2015 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival Best feature by Emerging filmmaker 2015 Skip City International D-Cinema Festival Best Film 2018 Bilbao Seriesland Festival Best seriesUndocumented: Bidune Kaid 2018 Top Short Film Festival Best web series 2018 Webfest Berlin Best suspense series
References
External links
Amin Dora official site