Known for Production
Karim Amer is an Emmy, BAFTA, and Academy Award nominated filmmaker known for his bold investigative documentaries and global social impact storytelling. His work includes HBO’s The Vow, Showtime’s The Lincoln Project, and Amazon’s Flight Risk, which earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Investigative Documentary. His Netflix film The Great Hack premiered at Sundance, was shortlisted for the Oscars, and received both BAFTA and Emmy nominations. He has also produced the narrative feature films You Resemble Me (WILLA) and All That's Left of You (Visibility Films/Watermelon Pictures).
Born
January 1, 1984 (age 42)
Birthplace
Egypt
Filmography
17 films, 4 shows
The Fake Mayor
The Fake Mayor
2024 · 13m
country: United States
A timely, urgent exploration of AI-driven disinformation and its impact on democracy, using the 2024 London mayoral election and the deepfake attack on Sadiq Khan as a focal point.


Defiant
2023 · 1h 34m
country: Ukraine
Unique access to Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and other key figures in the administration who are fighting to save their country against Russia’s invasion by combatting disinformation.


Flight/Risk
2022 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Everyday people find themselves in the midst of a global tragedy when two Boeing 737 Max planes crashed only five months apart in 2018 and 2019. This powerful documentary is told through the perspective of affected family members, their legal teams, whistleblowers, and Pulitzer-winning Seattle Times journalist, Dominic Gates.


The Great Hack
2019 · 1h 54m
country: United States
Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.