Cherien Dabis

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1976-11-27 (47 years old)

Place of Birth Omaha, Nebraska

Also Known As شيرين دعيبس

Cherien Dabis

Biography

Cherien Dabis (born November 27, 1976) is a Palestinian-American director, producer, and screenwriter. Her father is Palestinian and her mother is Jordanian. She spent many of her childhood summers in Jordan. Following a series of racist and Islamophobic incidents against her family when she was 14 years old, Dabis began wanting to change the way in which Arabs were portrayed in Western media. She went on to receive her B.A. with honors in creative writing and communications from the University of Cincinnati and her M.F.A. in film from Columbia University School of the Arts. She began her career as a writer with the television series The L Word from 2006 to 2008. Dabis's first short film, Make a Wish, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and received awards at the Aspen Shortsfest, the Cairo International Film Festival for Children, the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, and the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. She made her feature film debut with Amreeka, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and opened to critical praise at other notable venues. Her second feature film, May in the Summer, screened at Sundance's opening night in 2013. Dabis's films are somewhat autobiographical, as she aims to represent the unique perspective of being raised between the Middle East and the American Midwest. Her films take on themes of immigration, discrimination, cultural assimilation, and family. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cherien Dabis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

Director

2020
Little Voice

as Director

2019
Ramy

as Director

2018
Sweetbitter

as Director

2018
Impulse

as Director

2017
The Sinner

as Director

2017
Ozark

as Director

2015
Quantico

as Director

2014
May in the Summer

as Director

2009
Amreeka

as Director

2006
Make a Wish

as Director

2005
The D Word

as Director

Actor

2024
Fallout

as Birdie

2023
2022
Mo

as Nadia

2014
Villa Touma

as Antoinette Touma

Writer

2015
Quantico

as Writer

2014
2009
Amreeka

as Writer

2006
Make a Wish

as Writer

2004
2004
The L Word

as Writer

Producer

2015
Quantico

as Producer

2009
Amreeka

as Executive Producer

2004
The L Word

as Producer