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Omar Naim is a Los Angeles based Lebanese film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the movie The Final Cut in 2004. Omar Naim was born in Lebanon to journalist father and renowned actress and playwright mother Nidal Al-Ashkar. Growing up surrounded by artists, musicians and writers,... Naim had a childhood enriched with art culture. His parents were both in theater and film. His mother, Nidal Al-Ashkar, the matriarch of Lebanese theater, is the founder of Masrah Al-Madina where she was decorated by the French government in 1997 with a Knight Grade Decoration of Arts and Letters. Naim had his first film-going experience at 14. As he grew more and more fascinated with the world of cinema, he became furthermore interested in nurturing the abilities of writing and visuals. As an aspiring filmmaker, Naim was mostly inspired by directors like Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Oliver Stone and Spike Lee. With the help of the Fares Foundation, Naim went on to study film at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.
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