CHERIEN DABIS

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

2024·
Fallout
Birdie
Lina
2022·
Mo
Nadia Najjar, Nadia
Antoinette Touma

Production

2018·
Impulse
Director
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Producer, Writer, Director
Director
Director
2019·
Ramy
Director
Director
2017·
Ozark
Director
2015·
Quantico
Writer, Producer, Director
Director, Writer
2009·
Amreeka
Writer, Executive Producer, Director
Writer, Director
Director
Writer, Producer
Director, Writer
Writer