Person
Karim Amer
Production · Born 1984-01-01 · Egypt
Biography
Karim Amer is an Emmy, BAFTA, and Academy Award nominated filmmaker known for his bold investigative documentaries and global social impact storytelling. His work includes HBO’s The Vow, Showtime’s The Lincoln Project, and Amazon’s Flight Risk, which earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Investigative Documentary. His Netflix film The Great Hack premiered at Sundance, was shortlisted for the Oscars, and received both BAFTA and Emmy nominations. He has also produced the narrative feature films You Resemble Me (WILLA) and All That's Left of You (Visibility Films/Watermelon Pictures).
Known for
The Vow
Director
The Breadwinner
Executive Producer
All That's Left of You
Producer
The Man Will Burn
Executive Producer
The Lincoln Project
Executive Producer
The Great Hack
Director
Revolution Rent
Executive Producer
The Mission
Executive Producer
You Resemble Me
Producer
Keys to the City
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026The Man Will BurnExecutive Producer
- 2026The MissionExecutive Producer
- 2025All That's Left of YouProducer
- 2024The Fake MayorDirector
- 2023DefiantProducer
- 2023Handle with Extreme CareExecutive Producer
- 2022Keys to the CityExecutive Producer
- 2022You Resemble MeProducer
- 2022The Lincoln ProjectExecutive Producer
- 2022Flight/RiskProducer
- 2020The VowDirector
- 2019Revolution RentExecutive Producer
- 2019The Great HackDirector
- 2017The BreadwinnerExecutive Producer
- 2013The SquareProducer
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