Karim Amer


Karim Amer is an Egyptian-American film producer and director. Along with Jehane Noujaim, he worked on The Square and The Great Hack, the former of which earned them a nomination for an Academy Award.

Life and work

Amer and film making partner and wife Jehane Noujaim met whilst she was filming The Square, which he went on to co-produce with her. That film is about the Egyptian Crisis up until 2013, starting with the Egyptian revolution of 2011 at Tahrir Square. Initially, Noujaim and Amir meant out to make a documentary revolving around the Sony Pictures hack, however the film evolved and shifted course as they started looking at how people's minds have been hacked and changed, which led to The Great Hack about the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
Amer and Noujaim have directed The Vow a documentary series revolving around NXIVM and its leader Keith Raniere for HBO.
They are also developing a TV series "aimed at challenging perceptions of the Arab world as portrayed by such shows as Homeland and Tyrant".

Films