Fowzi Abdelsamad
NOMINATED: Shorts 15-30 min
MOVIE: Live Whit It
BIOGRAFIA:
Fowzi was born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Los Angeles. A NBA hopeful, he played professional basketball internationally throughout Europe, South America, and the Middle East. After studying the art of screenwriting, he left one dream to conquer another. Fowzi completed commissioned work, and was a staff writer for top rated UMC TV Series, "5th Ward,". He wrote and directed the 2020 short film thriller "Catching Up," starring Thomas Q. Jones and Deji LaRay (both from Bounce TV's hit show "Johnson"), which garnered a Best Actor nomination for Jones, and took home the Best Short Film Award at the Academy accredited BronzeLens Film Festival. The short was also an official selection of LA Shorts International Film Festival along with several others. Fowzi's currently commissioned to adapt "Life is Raw," the autobiography of reformed "OutLawz" rapper, Mutah Shabazz Beale into a limited TV series.
