Omar Mouallem

BIOGRAPHIE

Omar Mouallem is an author and filmmaker. His feature-length debut, THE LEBANESE BURGER MAFIA (Paramount+), a first-person documentary about the unlikely link between a fast-food chain and Lebanon's civil war, premiered at Hot Docs 2023 and won Audience Choice at NorthwestFest, as well as Best Documentary and Best Documentary Director at the Silk Road Film Festival. He has directed three CBC documentaries, including DIGGING IN THE DIRT, an investigation into suicides in the oil and gas industry, and MAKING KAYFABE, an absurdist biographical comedy about his brief stint as a pro wrestler. Omar also wrote How Muslims Shaped the Americas, named one of The Globe and Mail’s Top 100 books of the year, and has written for The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and many others.

FILMOGRAPHIE