Sam Lahoud
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
- Writer
Sam Lahoud is a scriptwriter, a director, a producer, a script consultant, and a lecturer in Film, Theater, and Media. He started his career in Film and Theater in 1994, and since then he has written, directed and/or produced theater plays, films and documentaries, among which: Void (Lebanese Submission to the Academy Awards 2015), Good Morning, and C-Section (Golden Globes Shortlisted 2020)
Founding President of Beirut Film Society, a non for profit association that promotes for Responsible Cinema, and works with national and international parties towards a vision for a "Film Friendly Lebanon" Listed for three years at the Arab Cinema Center Magazine, Festival de Cannes edition, among the Golden 101 names that matter in the Arab Cinema.
Founder, Director of Beirut International Women Film Festival. Founder, Director of Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, winner of the 2015 Social Economic Award for Youth Empowerment. Founder, Director of Beirut International Children and Family Film Festival. Founder, Director of Cinema for Peace Summer Camp Academy and Film Festival Founder and Program Director of the Lebanese Film Festival in Canada. Short Films Curator for HFPA Snow Leopard Award & Scholarship for Asian Middle East Countries. Short Films Programmer for Rabat International Author Film Festival. Member of the National Film Committee at the Lebanese Ministry of Culture between 2014 and 2020.
Senior Lecturer in Media and Film at Notre Dame University-Louaize, where he served as Director for the Division of Audio Visual Arts, Chairperson for the Department of Media Studies, and Founder and Director for the Office of Communications. Since 2001, he taught Scriptwriting, Film Production, Directing, and Media Law and Ethics, Media Literacy and Peace Building.
Founding President of Beirut Film Society, a non for profit association that promotes for Responsible Cinema, and works with national and international parties towards a vision for a "Film Friendly Lebanon" Listed for three years at the Arab Cinema Center Magazine, Festival de Cannes edition, among the Golden 101 names that matter in the Arab Cinema.
Founder, Director of Beirut International Women Film Festival. Founder, Director of Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, winner of the 2015 Social Economic Award for Youth Empowerment. Founder, Director of Beirut International Children and Family Film Festival. Founder, Director of Cinema for Peace Summer Camp Academy and Film Festival Founder and Program Director of the Lebanese Film Festival in Canada. Short Films Curator for HFPA Snow Leopard Award & Scholarship for Asian Middle East Countries. Short Films Programmer for Rabat International Author Film Festival. Member of the National Film Committee at the Lebanese Ministry of Culture between 2014 and 2020.
Senior Lecturer in Media and Film at Notre Dame University-Louaize, where he served as Director for the Division of Audio Visual Arts, Chairperson for the Department of Media Studies, and Founder and Director for the Office of Communications. Since 2001, he taught Scriptwriting, Film Production, Directing, and Media Law and Ethics, Media Literacy and Peace Building.
