Ali Cherri (b. Beirut, Lebanon) is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Paris. He received a Bachelor of Graphic Design at the American University of Beirut and a Master of Performing Arts from DasArts – Academy of Theatre and Dance, Amsterdam. Cherri is the recipient of Harvard University’s Robert E. Fulton Fellowship (2016). His work has featured in prominent exhibitions including If you prick us do we not bleed? at The National Gallery, London, The Milk of Dreams The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale Venice, Minds Rising, Spirits Tuning, 13th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea (2020); The Gatekeepers at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille – Manifesta 13, France (2020); Comme un parfum d’aventure at the Musée d’art Contemporain de Lyon, France (2020); Phantom Limb at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE (2019); But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise at the Solomon R. Guggenheim…
movieThe Sentinel
2026 · Director
movieThe Watchman
2024 · Writer, Director
movieRoom 999
2023 · Self
movieThe Dam
2023 · Director, Writer
Of Men and Gods and Mud
2022 · Director
movieThe Blue Star
2020 · L'Homme
movieSomniculus
2017 · Director
The Digger
2015 · Director
The Disquiet
2013 · Director, Screenplay
Gazing at the Catastrophe
2013 · Director
moviePipe Dreams
2011 · Director
movieUntitled (To the Lebanese Citizens)
2006 · Director
movieA Circle Around the Sun
2005 · Director
movieAshes
2003