Born in Beirut in 1980. Niam Itani is an award-winning Lebanese independent screenwriter and filmmaker. She worked for five years as a programs producer at Al Jazeera Channel in Doha, Qatar. Her first independent narrative, Super.Full., has been screened in several festivals around the world including the Venice Film Festival. She has an MFA in screenwriting from Hollins University, Virginia, and teaches scriptwriting at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. Shadow of a Man is her debut feature narrative. Other works she has directed include feature documentary Rokam Al Bared.
(november 2012)
