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Joshua Amar

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Joshua Amar
Joshua Amar is a Moroccan-Canadian writer and director and an AFI Conservatory graduate. His films explore love, sex, and masculinity through psychologically driven genre stories, primarily thrillers, dramas, and horror. His work favors atmosphere and restraint, using genre to examine intimacy, power, desire, and emotional vulnerability. His films are defined by intimate, volatile stories where desire, violence, and control collide.
BornApril 23
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BornApril 23
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    • Awards
      • 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    Anaconda (2022)
    Anaconda
    6.7
    Short
    • Director
    • 2022
    Robert Daniel Sloan and Gabriel Sousa in Steady Eddie (2018)
    Steady Eddie
    9.1
    Short
    • Director
    • 2018
    Francis C. Edemobi in Torpedo (2020)
    Torpedo
    Short
    • Director
    • 2020
    Ricardo Hoyos in Billy the Kid (2014)
    Billy the Kid
    8.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Director

    • Anaconda (2022)
      Anaconda
      6.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Francis C. Edemobi in Torpedo (2020)
      Torpedo
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Robert Daniel Sloan and Gabriel Sousa in Steady Eddie (2018)
      Steady Eddie
      9.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Kelton White and Anousha in Velvet Waterfalls (2017)
      Velvet Waterfalls
      Video
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Christian Hutcherson in I Hope You Die (2016)
      I Hope You Die
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Regi Davis in Is That All There Is? (2016)
      Is That All There Is?
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • At Daggers Drawn
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Ricardo Hoyos in Billy the Kid (2014)
      Billy the Kid
      8.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Wavelengths (2013)
      Wavelengths
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Beautiful Tragedy
      Video
      • Director
      • 2011

    Writer

    • Anaconda (2022)
      Anaconda
      6.7
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Francis C. Edemobi in Torpedo (2020)
      Torpedo
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Christian Hutcherson in I Hope You Die (2016)
      I Hope You Die
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Regi Davis in Is That All There Is? (2016)
      Is That All There Is?
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Wavelengths (2013)
      Wavelengths
      Short
      • co-writer
      • 2013
    • Beautiful Tragedy
      Video
      • writer
      • 2011

    Personal details

    • Born
      • April 23
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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    • Race / Ethnicity
      • Middle Eastern / North African

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