Wesam Nassar

Wesam’s artwork is largely credited to his parents; working class Egyptian-Americans who exposed him to the cultural and political complexities of life in diaspora. This has informed every aspect of his work as a film writer and director.

Wesam studied production at the University of Southern California, receiving a BA in 2003. During the Patriot Act years, Wesam worked as a documentarian in Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan and Mali. In 2006 his emphasis shifted to teaching film production at the Bayview Center for Arts and Technology. In 2011, he opened a production company to explore multiple platforms, roles and formats.