Ziad H. Hamzeh

Ziad’s body of work as a director, producer and writer has earned over fifty awards and honors. Most recently, Ziad produced the Tunisian hit film Take My Breath. The film has been selected to represent Tunisia at 2025, 97th Oscars for best international film. This year, Ziad wrote, produced, and directed Hello Beautiful based on the best-selling book Walk Beside Me by Christine Handy. Earlier in 2023, Ziad produced the Rwandan film Upstanding and the critically acclaimed The Island of Forgiveness with Claudia Cardinale. He Executive produced the Iranian film Forbidden Womanhood. Prior work includes producing The Flower of Aleppo starring Hend Sabry and executive produced Dreams I Never Had starring Malcolm McDowell and Robin Givens. The Flower of Aleppo was honored as Tunisia’s entry into both the 2017 Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. Irrefutable Proof, a dramatic thrill…

Known for

Always Brando

2011

The Flower of Aleppo

2016

Forbidden Womanhood

2022

Shadow Glories

2001

Woman

2007

Adrift: People of a Lesser God

2010

Hello Beautiful

2025

A Cowboy Named Jazz

2026

The Island of Forgiveness

2022

The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'2003

The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'

2003

Take My Breath

2023

Irrefutable Proof

2015