Amin Matalqa

Born in Jordan, raised in Columbus, Ohio, and living in Los Angeles for the past 18 years, Sundance-winning writer/director Amin Matalqa makes films about dreamers and unsung heroes, bridging the cultural gaps between East and West. His films include: Captain Abu Raed, winner of the Sundance World Cinema Audience Award (2008) and the first Oscar submission from Jordan; Disney's soccer drama, The United; Strangely In Love, a Chaplinesque Los Angeles-set comedy adaptation of Dostoevsky's Russian novella White Nights; and The Rendezvous, a caper adventure starring Stana Katic (Castle) and Raza Jaffrey (Lost in Space). Most recently, he co-wrote the pilot and directed two episodes of Netflix's first Arabic language teenage supernatural show, Jinn (2019). Amin has an MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute and is an alumnus of the ABC/DGA TV Directors program.