Jad Youssef curriculum vitae
Filmmaker | Beirut, Lebanon | +961 3 682 296 | yousjad@gmail.com | www.jadhyoussef.com
RESUME/STATEMENT
I am a filmmaker, teacher and independent researcher. My work probes different social peripheries, obscured landscapes and urban enigmas. My research extends its reach into the realm of digital and virtual marginalization and the speculative future of exclusive/inclusive datasets and connectivity within smart systems.
I am a tenure track assistant professor of arts at the American University of Beirut.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
-American University of Beirut (AUB),
2023-present, Tenure-track Assistant Professor at the department of Fine Arts & Art History, Studio Arts program.
2021-2023, part time instructor at the department of Fine Arts & Art History, Studio Arts program.
2021-2023, as part time instructor at the department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, Media Studies program.
-Metropolis Cinema, 2019-2023, digitizing, archiving, data entry and web development as a member of the Cinematheque Beirut research team: a project by Metropolis Cinema that aims to become an innovative and dynamic platform dedicated to the art and conservation of cinema in Lebanon.
+Mediatheque team, in charge of acquiring and presenting an on-site media research archive - Soon to be opened in Mar Mikhael.
-Ourjouane productions, 2019, freelance production manager, Ismael Louati’s film “Hackers of Borders”.
-Cinemoz, 2013-2015, content acquisition officer, developer and showrunner on original productions.
EDUCATION
-MA, Artistic Research, 2017, Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK), The Netherlands Film Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
-BA, Audiovisual Studies, 2013, Saint Joseph University (USJ), Institut d’Études Scéniques Audiovisuelles et Cinématographiques (IESAV), Beirut, Lebanon.
PROJECTS
-الأرض المستباحة Radius Catastrophe, 2025, Jad Youssef, supported by Goethe Institut and Arab Funds for Arts and Culture - AFAC. Screened at Images Festival Canada, UltraCinema Mexico, BFI London Film Festival, Beijing International Short Film Festival, Ecrans Du Reel Metropolis Beirut, curated screening at the Arab Image Foundation, Bonnie Cigar’s B-cut screenings in Beijing.
-Tripoli Testimony investigative video, 2024, Forensic Architecture, Febrayer Network and Megaphone News. [Cinematographer]
-Techno-Nightmares and Retro-Futures, 2023, Jad Youssef, a speculative syllabus publication for Syllabus Project.
-A Dire Affair, 2022, Jad Youssef, a publication of 10 digital images, videos and text for Tabaan’s theme “NO”, a project initiative by Studio Kawakeb and WARAQ.
-Where Will The Future Take Place, 2021, by Monica Basbous, Adriana Basbous and Sabine Saba: A video speculation presented at DeepCity 2021, exhibition on climate change, democracy and the digital under the theme data, democracy and sovereignty: Towards New Urban and Political Imaginaries. [Editor]
-Frame of Accountability: In law’s terms, 2021, Helene Kazan, Premiered at Beirut Art Center [Cinematographer]
-Frame of Accountability: In her view, 2021, Helene Kazan, Premiered on E-flux. [Cinematographer]
-The Dead Shall Be Raised, 2021, Dala Nasser, screened at Deborah Schamoni Galerie Munich, Villa Empain Brussels, The Center Pompidou Paris. [cinematographer, editor and co-producer]
-Red In Tooth, 2021, Dala Nasser, screened at The Center Pompidou Paris, and as part of a solo exhibition in Cologne. [cinematographer, editor and co-producer]
-To Live and Let Live, 2020, Mohamed Berro, a 3 episodes documentary, part of Berro’s solo exhibition at Beirut Art Center. [editor]
-What side on earth do I work for?, 2019, Mohamed Berro, screened at Ashkal Alwan. [cinematographer]
-Hackers of Borders, 2019, Ismael Louati, currently in post-production. [cinematographer and production manager]
-RabihTV, 2018, Mohamad Berro, a web-series produced by Cinemoz. [showrunner / executive producer]
-The Flood, 2017, Jad Youssef, screened at Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin, Dawawine Beirut and Eye Film Museum (under the title “The Deluge”).
-Yabandjo, 2016, Panos Aprahamian, screened at several film festivals. [cinematographer]
-12, 2015, Mohamed Berro, screened at several film festivals. [sound recording]
-Here I am… Here you are, 2015, Raed Rafei, screened at several film festivals. [cinematographer]
-A Thin Soft Layer of, [incomplete], 2014, Jad Youssef, part of Ashkal Alwan’s 2014 videoworks program, premiered at Metropolis cinema Beirut.
-This place does not exist, 2013, Nour Ouayda, premiered at FidMarseille. [cinematographer / co-editor / art director]
-Transmission, 2013, Jad Youssef, screened at Dawawine Beirut, La Distributrice Canada, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin.
WORKSHOPS/MASTERCLASSES/FUNDS
-Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - AFAC, 2022, Visual Arts grant.
-Goethe Institut, 2022, Weaving Ties fund.
-Haven For Artists, 2021, Artist Support Fund.
-Fondation Liban Cinema, 2020, Solidarity Fund.
-Archive as Playground workshop, 2016, EYE film museum, Amsterdam, with Jyoti Mistry.
-Film masterclass, 2016, Amsterdam, with Nicolas Pereda.
-Sound Reconstruction Workshop, 2016, Amsterdam, with Michel Shopping.
-Masterclass on Process, 2015, Amsterdam, with Johan Grimonprez.
-Association Philippe Jabre, 2015-2016, MA Scholarship.
-Ashkal Alwan grant, 2014, Video Works Program.
-Film Form workshop, 2013, Lebanon, with Max Kestner and Corine Shawi.
LANGUAGES
-Arabic: Native. Well read, written and spoken.
-English: Fluent. Well read, written and spoken.
-French: Proficient. Well read, competent writing and speaking.
SOFTWARE SKILLS
-Adobe Creative Cloud: Premiere Pro, Photoshop (generative tool), Illustrator, InDesign.
-DaVinci Resolve.
-Runway AI tools.
-Avid: Pro-Tools, Avid Media Composer.
-Final Cut Pro.
-CapCut.
-Microsoft Office/Google Drive.
-AI softwares (Midjourney, Dall-e, Runway, etc.)