Biography
Founder and CEO of Abbout Productions, Georges Schoucair developed and produced critically acclaimed and award-winning independent movies and has actively contributed to the establishment of an attractive and globally acknowledged environment for film investments in Lebanon and to the development of the Lebanese cinema, one of the most promising cinemas in the Middle-East today.
As a producer, Georges was able to develop strong relationships with prominent Arab and international film professionals and closely worked with award winning directors (such as Kaouther Ben Hania, Vatche Boulghourjian, Jean Luc Godard, Alain Gomis, Joana Hadjithomas, Annemarie Jacir, Khalil Joreige, Mohammad Malas, Lucrecia Martel, Shirin Neshat, Asli Ozge, Rafi Pitts, Bill Plympton, Ghassan Salhab, Elia Suleiman, Apichatpong Weerasethakul) and internationally recognized actors (such as Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Richard, Nadine Labaki, Nada Abou Farhat, Diamand Bou Abboud). His films have screened at prestigious film festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Toronto, Venice, Locarno, Karlovy Vary...
In parallel to Abbout Productions, Georges co-founded MC Distribution, which releases independent films in the Middle-East and North Africa, and is since 2008 the vice-president of Metropolis, the only art house cinema in Beirut.
His most recent endeavor is founding Schortcut Films in 2016 which has co-produced many acclaimed films like Félicité (2017), Wajib (2017), Rafiki (2018), Beauty & The Dogs (2018), It Must Be Heaven (2019), A Son (2019)...
In 2019, Georges was invited as a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in the Executive branch. from the Middle East.
