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Biography
Karim Amer is an Egyptian-American film producer and director. He worked on The Square (2013) and The Great Hack (2019); the former was the first Egyptian film to earn an Academy Award nomination and went on to win three Emmy Awards, while the latter got nominated for an Emmy and a BAFTA Award. In 2020, he produced and directed The Vow, an HBO documentary series about the self-improvement group, NXIVM. In 2022, he produced and directed Flight/Risk for Amazon Studios, revolving around whistleblowers at Boeing.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2014 · nominated
Filmography12 titles
All That's Left of You
2025Producer
2025Producer
The Breadwinner
2017Executive Producer
2017Executive Producer
The Square
2013Producer, Sound
2013Producer, Sound
Handle with Extreme Care
2023Executive Producer
2023Executive Producer
The Vow
2020Director, Executive Producer
2020Director, Executive Producer
The Great Hack
2019Director, Producer, Writer
2019Director, Producer, Writer
Flight/Risk
2022Director, Producer
2022Director, Producer
The Man Will Burn
2026Executive Producer
2026Executive Producer
You Resemble Me
2022Producer
2022Producer
The Lincoln Project
2022Executive Producer
2022Executive Producer
The Mission
2026Executive Producer
2026Executive Producer
Revolution Rent
2019Executive Producer
2019Executive Producer