Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A. Comparative Literature and Film Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. History and English Literature, Columbia University, New York

Nezar Andary is a filmmaker, published writer, curator, and cultural consultant. His award winning film, Unlocking Doors of Cinema (2020) that screened in over 20 film festivals from the Cairo International Film Festival to San Francisco Documentary Festival to Doc Lisboa in Portugal. After being awarded Artist Residency at the Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi, he recently finished production of a film Hayy Ibn Filastin on visual artist Tarek Al Ghoussein’s final project, Odyesseus AD. He is widely published in literature and history and currently co-edits a books series for Palgrave entitled Focus on Arab Cinema that has published over 15 books including his own. He continues to be the Artistic Director of Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival for the last 4 years. Also, he is the artistic director of the Performing Books Season with the House of Wisdom in Sharjah. Currently, he is developing two film projects entitled No Barking and The Guilt Project.