AWARDS: 2019 Nominated: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - Street Smart - The Equity Ensemble Awards 2018 Winner: Best Film - Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards - FLOW 2018 Winner: Award of Excellence - Best Shorts Competition - FLOW 2018 Winner: Award of Excellence - Accolade Global Film Competition - FLOW 2018 Winner: Award of Excellence - The IndieFEST Film Awards - FLOW 2017 Winner: Film of the Year Award - Panavision Australia - FLOW 2017 Winner: Best Film - St.George Lebanese Film Festival (Australia) - FLOW 2017 Winner: Best Australian Film (Simon Elrahi) and Best Lead Male (Osamah Sami). Nominated: Best Director and Best Drama - Sydney Indie Film Festival - FLOW 2015 Nominated: Best Director and Best Editor - Sydney Indie Film Festival - BE IN IT 2013 Winner: Award of Merit - Accolade Global Film Competition - PROGENITOR CRYPTOCIDES 2008 TOP 50 Screenplays: Project Greenlight Competition - UNDERSTANDING ANATOMY 2008 Finalist: BlueCat Screenplay Competition - UNDERSTANDING ANATOMY 2008 Winner: Special Jury Award - I've Seen Films, Milan International Short Film Festival - BE IN IT 1997 Winner: Best Actor (Simon Elrahi) and Best Supporting Actor (Darryl Cooper) - Watch My Shorts, Melbourne International Film Festival - TOP OF THE TOWN 1997 Winner: Best Film and Best Actor (Simon Elrahi) - Hawaii International Short Film Festival - TOP OF THE TOWN 1996 Winner: Best Film and Sound - Watch My Shorts, Melbourne International Film Festival - PRISON APOLONIA TRAINING: 2015 - Sydney University - Editing - Final Cut Pro X 2009 - AFTRS - Financing Screen Projects 2001 - Linda Hey workshop - 2nd Act Story 2000 - Dov Simens workshop - Film Making 2000 - Robert McKee's workshop - Story & Script Writing 1999 - Randal Flynn's workshop - Script Writing 1999 - The Australian Writers Guild workshop - Script Writing 1996 - The Actors Space - 1994 - 1996 - Bill Levis - Observational Acting 1996 - The Actors Centre - 1994 - 1996 - Fundamentals 1 & 2 - The Journey 1997 - The Actors Centre - Masterclass workshops - Acting 1997 - Maura Fay workshop - Camera techniques in Acting 1997 - Sonya Tallis workshop - Camera techniques in Acting 1996 - 2000 - Actors Centre - Refresher courses in Acting ACADEMIC 1993 - Masters in Chiropractic, Macquarie University 1991 - Bachelor of Science - Major in Anatomy, Physiology and Human Movement - Sydney University Languages: Fluent Arabic, Lebanese. Accents: ALL ACCENTS.