CHERIEN DABIS

Cherien Dabis
Gender: Female
Known for: Directing
Birthday: November 27, 1976
Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska
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.
Filmography
Starring
Hanan
Rula
2024·
FalloutBirdie
2023·
ExtrapolationsLina
2022·
MoNadia Najjar, Nadia
Self
2014·
Villa ToumaAntoinette Touma
2014·
May in the SummerMay
Production
Director
2018·
ImpulseDirector
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Producer, Writer, Director
2017·
The SinnerDirector
Director
2020·
Little VoiceDirector
2019·
RamyDirector
2018·
SweetbitterDirector
2017·
OzarkDirector
2015·
QuanticoWriter, Producer, Director
2014·
May in the SummerDirector, Writer
2009·
AmreekaWriter, Executive Producer, Director
2006·
Make a WishWriter, Director
2005·
The D WordDirector
2004·
The L WordWriter, Producer
Director, Writer
2004·
Little Black BootWriter