Lebanese-American writer, director and producer had his start as a script reader followed by a brief stint in the finance department at Fox Kids Network before leaving to edit and co-produce Kitchen Privileges (SXSW 2000), then headed Windmill Lane Productions, a commercial and music video production company. In 2004, he produced the acclaimed documentary Rize (Sundance 2005), followed it by Paris Not France (TIFF 2008). Alongside producing documentary and narrative films, Mouaness produced seminal music videos and concerts for artists including Annie Lennox, Taylor Swift, Katie Perry, Justin Timberlake and Lana Del Rey, David Bowie and most recently garnered the Video Of The Year 2017 for Blue Ain't You Color for Kieth Urban. Mouaness' diverse producing works cover a wide spectrum of media and visual experiences; namely Michael Jackson's posthumous live performance at the Billboard Music Awards, Slave to the Rhythm (2014); Annie Lennox's Nostalgia (2015) for PBS which garnered an Emmy nomination, the socially aware Audience Award-Winning documentary I Am Thalente at the Los Angeles Film Festival 2015, released in 2016. Mouaness directed The Rifle, The Jackal, The Wolf and The Boy (2016-Lebanon) which was shortlisted for the Oscars in 2017. He is a Sundance Fellow.
El Festival Internacional de Cine de Guanajuato
