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Biography
Karim Amer is an Emmy, BAFTA, and Academy Award nominated filmmaker known for his bold investigative documentaries and global social impact storytelling. His work includes HBO’s The Vow, Showtime’s The Lincoln Project, and Amazon’s Flight Risk, which earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Investigative Documentary. His Netflix film The Great Hack premiered at Sundance, was shortlisted for the Oscars, and received both BAFTA and Emmy nominations. He has also produced the narrative feature films You Resemble Me (WILLA) and All That's Left of You (Visibility Films/Watermelon Pictures).
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2014 · nominated
Filmography8 titles

The Breadwinner
2017Executive Producer
2017Executive Producer

All That's Left of You
2025Producer
2025Producer

The Square
2013Producer, Sound
2013Producer, Sound

The Vow
2020Director, Executive Producer
2020Director, Executive Producer

The Great Hack
2019Director, Producer, Writer
2019Director, Producer, Writer

Flight/Risk
2022Director, Producer
2022Director, Producer

The Lincoln Project
Executive Producer
Executive Producer

Revolution Rent
2019Executive Producer
2019Executive Producer